If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 97
Two days later, the Thunder easily defeated the Grizzlies and won their seventh consecutive victory.

The Grizzlies who could fuck them last season are still fat in the new season, but the Thunder are completely different.

Yi Jian's double double is still going on, it seems that no one can stop him.

And the test will follow.

Next, the Thunder will play back-to-back away games. Their opponents are the traditional strong teams in the West, the Mavericks and the Spurs.

Facing the playoff contenders in the Western Conference, what kind of answers they can produce will allow everyone to know what the Thunder's positioning is this season.

The Mavericks have not changed much from last season, but the Thunder have reached the point where they can face opponents of this level.

The Mavericks don't have a good second position either, which is somewhat similar to the Thunder.

And with Josh Howard out, they're having a tough time.

Because Kidd's scoring ability is not strong, without Howard, the Mavericks only have Nowitzki as a starting point, and their other strength is Terry as the sixth man.

The Thunder can guard Nowitzki strictly, and whether to attack can be determined according to the situation.

Yi Jian, whose defensive strength has improved, can compete with Nowitzki first.

After the game started, Yi Jian felt Nowitzki's strength.

Superstars with weaknesses on the offensive end are indeed more difficult to deal with than those on the defensive end.

When playing the Magic, Yi Jian is not as good as Howard in rebounding, so he needs to pay attention to Howard's defense.

But against Nowitzki, the opponent hits a shot under his defense, and the feeling is more intuitive.

Yi Jian can feel that the Mavericks' Nowitzki is stronger than the national team's Nowitzki.

Even if the Mavericks' lineup is uneven now, Nowitzki has more support than the national team.

Yi Jian has already defended well, but it is still not enough to restrain Nowitzki.

So, they directly started to explode each other.

Obviously, Nowitzki couldn't restrain Yi Jian either.

In the probing stage, Yi Jian was more fierce.

The Mavericks insider Dampier is old, and no one inside them can come over in time to help defend, and Yi Jiantu Nowitzki is basically sure.

"Wonderful, Yi Jian and Nowitzki match up."

"Both feel good, it seems to be a big battle."

"It must be Yi Jian who wins, just like a contest between the national team."

"I finally saw a strong team that is worse than the Thunder. The players around Nowitzki feel that they are not as reliable as the Thunder's role players."

"Haha, I don't know if the Mavericks will regret the introduction of Jibugong."

"It's normal for the Thunder to lead first, but the Mavericks still have a killer on the bench, and the Thunder's bench is still a bit mediocre."

Sure enough, Yi Jian felt stronger than Nowitzki in the first quarter, and Durant and the Thunder took the lead steadily.

But when it came to the rotation period, the situation was different. Terry scored as soon as he came up, very arrogant.

Terry is also a very typical sixth man. He became more efficient after he started playing as a substitute.

"Our defense still needs to be more focused. Leave the outside to you and the inside to me." Yi Jian said to the others.

He speaks very arrogantly now, because there are very few ruthless players in the league now.

This will be the case for the next few years, with forward players beginning to influence the league until another batch of powerful insiders emerge.

In fact, Yi Jian does have a relatively large influence on the penalty area, but many of the Mavericks' offenses end in shooting.

If the opponent hits the basket, Yi Jian will definitely try his best to stop it.

Now the Thunder players are very used to making adjustments with Yi Jian. In the second quarter, the Mavericks' offensive end became more purely using star tactics than the Thunder.

They were either Nowitzki singles or Terry singles, as if they had no other tactics.

Singles is sometimes a last resort, but it is also a good way to break the defense in many cases, and it is the same for any defense.

So the personal ability of the players is very important.

Players with strong ball handling ability can get big contracts, because they can help the team activate offensive tactics, that is, break the opponent's defense.

Relatively speaking, the Thunder played against some teams in the second quarter.

The effect is, in fact, about the same.

The Thunder are willing to play patiently and with the team because they are ahead.

After the main players returned to the field, the Thunder still had the upper hand.

Although Terry and Nowitzki fit together, the Mavericks also gained combat effectiveness against the Thunder, but this is not enough to help them catch up with the score.

The point is, the Thunder's current main lineup is indeed not bad.

Yi Jian and Durant were too dazzling, attracting almost all the attention of the outside world.

However, after Lowry and Lopez became the starters, they played better and better, and they can also help the team.

Nowitzki and Terry, just relying solely on their personal abilities, are not enough for the Thunder to start desperate mode.

"Nowitzki and Terry both feel good, and the Thunder can still deal with it calmly. How do you feel that the Thunder has undergone a qualitative change?"

"Indeed, Lowry feels very stable, and the Thunder's deal is worth it."

"Lopez is still a rookie, and now he feels more stable."

"Thunder's rookies are good, don't they want to give other rookies more chances?"

At the last moment of the first half, Nowitzki missed two points, and the Thunder stabilized the lead.

During the rotation period, the Mavericks counterattacked, but the Thunder withstood it. This is progress.

Rhythm is another aspect. The Mavericks' rhythm is similar to that of the Thunder, and they are more adaptable.

Even if Terry is stronger among the substitute players, if he can't drive other Mavericks players, that's how threatening it is.

The difference between the Mavericks and some strong teams is that they have someone who can play with the ball at a critical moment.

Therefore, we should be more vigilant when dealing with the Mavericks. Even if the team with superstars is not that strong, it is still relatively dangerous.

"It seems that we don't need to adjust too much. Even if the Mavericks can score with two strong points, as long as we maintain the current rhythm, we can win the opponent." Yi Jian said.

"Even the lineup is not complete, they are not our opponents." Durant said.

After the winning streak, Durant became blatantly mad.

The Mavericks also felt the difficulty of the Thunder. Their head coach Carlisle hoped that the team could do better on the defensive end and play more flexibly on the offensive end.

Premature use of star tactics is not good, it is the means of bayonet at the last moment.

Now that the physical strength of the star is consumed, the team may fall into a passive position at a critical moment.

"The Thunder's youngsters may have talent, but we have experienced many battles, and we can do better than them in details. The second half will be our time."

It is not difficult to formulate tactics, but it is not so easy to fully exert the effect of tactics.

At halftime, the Mavericks had a strategy in place.

However, after the start of the third quarter, Yi Jian and Durant were still efficient.

Two people one on one, is incomprehensibly powerful.

The Mavericks can only overthrow all plans and fight for stars again.

(End of this chapter)