If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 333 Bullying the Soft and Fearing the Hard Durant

Popovich is sometimes stubborn. His previous style is no longer easy to use, but he just doesn't change it.

He wanted to attack this game, but after the Thunder caught up with the score, Blair gave up again.

Blair is the Spurs' inside line for offense. This offense can't be said to be bad, it can only be said that he is short and has no effect on the defensive end.

So the Spurs replaced Bonner, who was even more useless on the defensive end, in order to pull Yi Jian out.

Then, let Duncan go to the inside singles, and it feels like the Spurs have returned to a long time ago.

Maybe they also saw that Yi Jian had no main defense most of the time, and felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it.

It's just that Jordan is a defensive insider with good physical fitness.

It is impossible for him to completely limit Duncan, but it is no problem to consume Duncan and make Duncan less efficient in the end.

Yi Jian didn't defend Duncan because it wasn't necessary.

He has always had the ability to play the fifth position, but the team configuration has never required him to be so big.

The team has a lot of blue-collar big men, and it is enough for them to fight and consume.

No.1 in the league, you still need to save some energy during the regular season.

"Yi Jian scored the ball and Danny Green hit a three-pointer. Green is in excellent form today."

"Green made a successful steal, and the little guy showed his power."

"Lowry also hit a two-pointer, and the Thunder played better basketball in the final quarter."

"Actually, the key is Yi Jian's restraint. The Spurs' defense is always attracted by him."

"Duncan scored 2+1. At the critical moment, the Spurs still depend on Duncan. It's a pity that he missed the free throw and Duncan is still tired."

"It's another foul. Jordan has committed five fouls. Will the Thunder change their defensive strategy?"

"Oh, the three-pointer from Durant, the Thunder directly suppressed the Spurs with offense."

"Leonard also got a chance to get to the free throw line, but he only hit one goal this time. The Spurs are a bit weak now."

"Yi Jian's offensive rebound, which is very fatal, the Spurs chose to foul."

"Neil missed a three-pointer... It's a pity for the Spurs. They performed better in the first half, but in the end Yi Jian led the Thunder to reverse the game."

After the game, Green, who scored 20+ for the first time, said: "I just did my job and helped the team win. I am very happy to be able to do this job well."

Yi Jian said, "I have many excellent teammates, and Thunder is extremely powerful."

Green did make a contribution this time, otherwise they might have been killed by the Spurs when Durant played soy sauce all over the court.

Two days later, the Blazers visited Oklahoma.

Because the record did not meet expectations, the Blazers sent Gerald Wallace away through a trade.

They really have enough wings, and they are more optimistic about the young Batum than famous players like Wallace.

And because of the conflict between the generals, the Blazers head coach McMillan dismissed get out of class, and their record is getting worse and worse, and they have faded out of the playoff competition.

In this case, the nature of the Blazers' game was not high, and they fell behind by a large score in the first quarter.

It didn't take much effort for the Thunder to win this game.

After the game, former teammate Matthews also came to complain.

After the Thunder won two championships, he was not used to coming to a chaotic team like the Trail Blazers.

However, for a bigger contract in the future, he will still work hard, and now he is complaining.

Yi Jian also encouraged him. People who have a certain ability and work hard in the NBA can definitely make a lot of money.

After beating the Blazers, the Thunder will start back-to-back again.

This season, playing back-to-back is really commonplace.

On March 3, the Thunder played away against the Jazz.

Compared with the Blazers, the Jazz experienced some fluctuations and stabilized again.

After Jazz veteran Bell was injured, Miles started, and young players Walker and Favors became the team's main substitutes and played well.

In this game, Durant still couldn't move when he met Hayward. His state is really problematic.

In fact, it's not that the shot is completely missed, but when the iron is struck, there will be a series of strikes.

"Why don't you take a break." Yi Jian suggested.

"No need." Durant said with some anger.

Because of Durant's downturn, the Thunder started poorly again.

Fortunately, the Jazz's ability to seize opportunities is not very strong, or the Thunder's strong defense can improve the team's fault tolerance on the offensive end.

Yi Jian and Jordan Jr. told the Jazz two strengths, Millsap and Jefferson, who is the master of the inside.

Yi Jian alone had 5 blocked shots in the first half.

The Jazz are also very helpless about this situation, they really can't do it outside.

In the third quarter, they were forced to use Harris and Hayward as the main attackers.

At first they found that it was not bad, but soon the Thunder's defense played a role again.

No matter how the Jazz lineup changes, their style of play remains the same, and they will always be restrained by the Thunder.

In this game, the Thunder relied more on defense.

At the critical moment of the last quarter, Yi Jian scored 6 points in a row and took away the game.

Jazz knew very well that he had to guard against Yi Jian, but he couldn't do it.

The Thunder's winning streak continued, and when they returned home the next day, they met the Clippers again.

The Clippers' record is not as good, but they are also competitors in the Western Conference playoffs.

The Thunder also paid more attention to the loss in the game.

Due to injuries, the Clippers' team lineup has also changed.

Billups was injured, Butler also truce this time, and the Clippers' perimeter became Paul, Foye and Nick Young.

In the middle of the season, the Clippers traded to Nick Young in order to improve their offensive power.

But this is very uncomfortable in the Clippers, and the Clippers did not increase their aggressiveness on the offensive end.

The Clippers got off to a good start this time, and directly confronted the Thunder.

The good news is that in the face of Nick Young's defense, Durant finally resurrected.

He also raised his eyebrows and exclaimed: "I said, I don't need to rest at all."

Yi Jian didn't know whether it was because his opponent was too weak this time, or he was really adjusting his state before.

It is not surprising to have an illusion when suddenly changing from a powerful opponent to Nick Young.

The Clippers got off to a strong start, mainly because Paul and Foye felt good.

As for Griffin, the first scorer of the Clippers, he can only become a good baby when he meets Yi Jian.

Griffin's style of play has no chance in front of Yi Jian, and if he is lucky, he can eat a few cakes.

In this case, the Clippers can only play outside.

However, Paul's scoring is not stable, he is good at assists.

As for Foye, he is not a player of this level.

Xiao Mo, who was on the bench, was also unable to perform efficiently.

The Clippers' backcourt, a group of small men, had to stop when they encountered the Thunder's tight defense.

And the Clippers' head coach, Vinnie De Nagro, is really not very good at training offense.

After the Clippers and the Thunder faced each other for a quarter, they soon withered.

Paul's shooting percentage plummeted, and he was fucked by Lowry this time.

"That's it." Durant, who was playing well, was very disdainful.

(End of this chapter)