If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 330 The Gap
After the Thunder All-Star Weekend, they went directly to the Eastern Conference to play back-to-back. The players who participated in the All-Stars did not adjust so well.

Yi Jian communicated with the coaching staff, and finally decided to add some rotations to allow the players to make adjustments.

Then pay attention to the physical condition of the players at all times to minimize injuries.

At the end of February, the team came to Philadelphia.

The 76ers' lineup has not changed much this season, and they also have many outstanding young players.

It's just that while their defense is getting better and better, their offense is getting worse.

Moreover, their center Hawes suffered an injury.

How to say this 76ers, they haven't tapped their full potential.

And if it's just defense, it's hard for some players to play well.

If the team's strongest scoring ability is a substitute, there must be something wrong with this team.

They will make a series of less successful operations in the future, sending Holiday and Vucevic away, and in the end they can only embark on the path of gambling on talented players.

But the 76ers still have a little draft vision, not too bad.

This season, their weak offensive power can only keep the team from going up or down.

It is not difficult for the Thunder to defeat them.

In the first quarter, the 76ers discovered that their defense, which had been promoted to the forefront of the league, could not restrain Yi Jian and Durant.

A superstar is one who can violently destroy any tactics.

And they played well overall, with both Holiday and Iguodala performing.

But it certainly can't reach the level of the Thunder. Fortunately, their bench has two good attack points in Louis Williams and Thaddeus Young.

With the bench performing well, the 76ers were not killed by the stars.

In fact, the current 76ers really have a chance to build a relatively civilian strong team.

It's a pity that they couldn't figure out to bet on Bynum, and they lost all games.

Only a defensive team can't fight against the Thunder. The 76ers have achieved the ultimate in this game.

In fact, in the third quarter, Iguodala completely locked up Durant, but he couldn't score himself.

And no matter which player of the 76ers, they couldn't lock Yi Jian.

In the case of flanking, the Thunder's outside Lowry and Green can both score.

On the defensive end, the Thunder can still limit the 76ers.

Against an opponent like the Thunder, the game would be impossible to play.

Durant adjusted in the final quarter, and the Thunder naturally harvested their opponents in one wave.

The second back-to-back away game, the time has come to March.

They came to Orlando, and the Thunder's opponent, the Magic, has been okay for a while.

However, their record is also the second tier in the East, which is not as good as the top teams in the East like the Bulls and Heat, nor is it as good as the upstart Pacers in the East.

Still stuck like this, Howard has no patience.

Howard actually played well in this game. He has an obvious advantage in facing Jordan.

It is still a bit of a way to say that Howard is the number one center in the league.

Now other centers can't play against Jordan.

It's just that the Magic's outside line is still a bit hip.

The offense is all about betting on three-pointers, and the defense has to be made up by Howard. In short, they are not the Thunder's opponent at all.

Yi Jian felt that the Magic's lineup was actually not bad, but there was no good organization to bring out the team's combat effectiveness.

Van Gundy's tactics are really a little behind.

The offense was too extensive, and Howard was used too much, and the defense did not complement each other.

In this game, Howard was quite comfortable in the interior attack, and Yi Jian didn't intervene much.

Just in terms of rebounds, the Magic still can't win, and Howard is useless.

While Howard has the advantage at the fifth position, the Thunder are better at the other four points, and the Magic can't help it.

"It's a waste of so many three-point shooters." Yi Jian sighed.

If another coach who is good at small balls comes over in the future, the Magic might be able to go a step further.

In fact, the Magic played back and forth with the Thunder in the first three quarters of the game, but in the crucial fourth quarter, it was even more difficult for Howard to catch the ball, and the Magic's offense suddenly collapsed.

Thunder told the Magic that they were just teasing you before, but now they don't.

Without a good organizer, it is really impossible to rely on the inside to score at critical moments.

What's more, the Magic don't have a good offensive routine.

The Thunder had previously given Howard a lot of chances in order to lock up the three-pointer. After all, he couldn't beat the Thunder.

Then it tightened at a critical moment, and Howard immediately lost his mind.

He is a super blue-collar, with basically no low positions.

At this time, the Magic's three-pointer didn't activate the feel, and they could only watch the Thunder's two superstars easily hammer them to death.

After the game, the head coach of the Magic, Van Gundy, was also helpless, saying, "We faced a championship-level team and did not do our best."

After back-to-back games, the Thunder's away game is not over, they still have to play against the Eagles in the East.

These opponents in the Eastern Conference are not weak, but they will not be strong teams with a chance to reach the finals.

The Thunder don't need to pay so much attention to the teams in the East.

This is the difference in the treatment of different divisions. For example, Western Conference teams, even if they are marginal teams in the playoffs, because they may meet in the playoffs, the Thunder will pay more attention.

But the ordinary strong teams in the Eastern Conference are just ordinary regular season teams.

The Eagles have not changed much from last season's lineup, and the sixth man Crawford is missing among the main players. This has little impact on team-style teams.

However, Horford was injured, which still affected their offense.

This season, too many teams have suffered injuries.

It will be really difficult for a team with insufficient background, but a top team like the Thunder will not be in trouble.

The Eagles have actually done a good job in this regard, and they are still stable in the East.

After the game started, the Eagles played well.

After their young guard Teague became the starter, his strength has improved rapidly.

Their striker, Josh Smith, also feels very good.

So when the Eagles come up, they come and go with the Thunder, which is a bit of a confrontation.

It's not the kind of confrontation between the Thunder and the Nuggets, the Eagles also took into account the defense.

It's just that their offense and defense have not reached the top of the league, and sometimes they will appear nondescript, especially when encountering a top team like the Thunder.

"There are quite a lot of teams in the Eastern Conference with insufficient offensive power."

In the first half, the Eagles played well.

But in the second half, the Thunder increased their defensive strength, and when Yi Jian and Durant were strong on the offensive end, the Eagles couldn't stand it immediately.

A strong Eastern team like the Eagles is still too mediocre in the end.

Their boss, Joe Johnson, is also a bit mediocre.

The strength is not to say that it is not good, but it is still almost at the critical moment.

For a star of his level, the upper limit of leading the team is obviously not enough.

"Let's win this away game quickly, and the next home game will be a long one. I can't wait to go back to Oklahoma." Yi Jian and his teammates said.

(End of this chapter)