stadium ambition

Chapter 301 Good Guy, I’m Directly Good Guy
NO.15 Early in the morning, Su Yang drove to the Clippers training base.

After half an hour of simple shooting training, he picked up a towel to wipe off his sweat and went straight to the multimedia conference room.Opening the door, Van Gundy, Stevens and other coaches were discussing tactics, and various data of the Thunder were displayed on the big screen.

"Morning..." Su Yang waved his hand, walked to sit next to the coaching staff, and picked up a report.

All the coaches nodded in response. Van Gundy said, "Have you read the news? Several commentators pointed out that your record of 8+ games in 40 consecutive games is too watery. You just want to use data to create topics and gain momentum for consecutive MVP elections."

"They're right..." Su Yang chuckled, "It was true that there were two games where points were collected, but we won."

Su Yang recalled the scene of getting up in the morning and watching the EPSN "FIRST TAKE" program.

At that time, the show talked about the comparison of his difficulty with Jordan and Kobe scoring 8+ points in 40 consecutive games, and the four commentators on the show, except for Stephen Smith, the other three commentators agreed that scoring is too easy now and cannot be compared with before.

In short, horizontally comparing Su Yang with other players in the league, it is already difficult to create controversial topics and attract traffic. The program team can only make a vertical comparison between Su Yang and NBA historical players, and use Jordan and other great gods to suppress them.

"So do you want to take more shots tonight?" Van Gundy also smiled, "Anyway, I support you, and the rest of the team will not have any objections, and I know that you will always put winning as the first priority." Target."

"At that time, if I can get 40+, I will definitely get it. After all, it is tying Jordan and Kobe." Su Yang thought for a while, and then said: "What is Durant's current situation? Until someone compares me to him."

As soon as he finished speaking, Assistant Professor Kim Hughes held the mouse and manipulated it slightly, and a page of data list was displayed on the big screen.

Su Yang took a closer look at the list content. Durant’s scoring statistics in the first 10 games this season: 42 points against the Jazz, 33 points against the Suns, 37 points against the Pistons, 33 points against the Wizards, and 38 points against the Nuggets. A total of 8 games with 30+ Score.

But only 13 points against the Timberwolves and 20 points against the Warriors. Those two games seriously lowered the average score.

To make matters worse, even if the scores were low in those two games, the Thunder still lost, which is quite worthless.

"I'll go, they can understand why they lost to the Warriors, how could they lose to the Timberwolves..." Su Yang was a little surprised, subconsciously came up with Chinese words, "It seems that the Timberwolves' three starters were traded away, only Kevin Love is stronger. "

"I was also very curious just now..." Van Gundy laughed, "But the data and video told me that it was because Michael Beasley made 23 of 15 shots and scored 33 points with a very high efficiency. .”

"However, the Thunder's defense is really poor. Nick Collison is absent due to injury..." assistant coach Stevens said, "Gisel Ibaka lacks defensive experience and has been tricked by Beasley several times."

"Beasley is amazing..." Su Yang thought, Durant once said that Beasley often beat him one-on-one. From this point of view, those words were not flattery among brothers, and it just so happened that Beasley encountered defensive comparison Poor Thunder striker.

"The Thunder team is so interesting..." Van Gundy smiled.

"They are full of talents, but the games they win are always difficult. It is rare to see them win big, and the games they lose are always simple. It is rare to see them lose. I carefully recalled the entire NBA history, and I did not find that team Teams like them, without even a single season, are probably unique in the history of the NBA."

Su Yang nodded silently.The Thunder started from the formation of the three minors. If you only look at various statistics, you will be mistaken for a garbage team. However, they have achieved good results for several years in a row, and even get better every year, which is completely inconsistent with traditional perceptions.

"I just noticed that although Durant scored the highest score in the Thunder..."

Assistant coach Stevens said with some surprise: "But their current player with the highest shooting percentage is Russell Westbrook, and Westbrook has recently behaved like Jason Kidd last season. Clarity, if it wasn't for his fast break dunks, I would think he has become a different person, quite divided."

Su Yang nodded in agreement.Westbrook will organize, sometimes even behave like Kidd and Paul, but that time is very rare, because Thunder coach Brooks gives Westbrook a lot of freedom, and Westbrook is wild and unruly by nature.

"How is Harden doing recently?" Talking about Durant and Westbrook, Su Yang naturally thought of the remaining one of the three, and Harden should get more playing time this season, and he will soon show his best performance. Sixth man potential.

"He's been struggling lately..."

Assistant coach Kim Hughes paused for a while, and then went on to say: "This season, the Thunder has simplified its offensive play again on the basis of the original. When he played with Durant and Westbrook at the same time, he basically had no possession of the ball, and he even got the ball. The fixed-point three-pointer that he is best at this season has also been greatly reduced. When he comes off the bench, Jeff Green will switch to small forward. Gisele Ibaka likes high mid-range shots. After the game, he averaged only 6.4 points per game."

"Is Harden so miserable?" Su Yang was slightly surprised, "But that's fine, we will play better."

"Yes..." Van Gundy answered, "Without Harden's tandem, the Thunder's offensive end is still the same as before. They use pick-and-roll moves to launch the offense, and then turn into a one-on-one situation. As long as you work hard, you can defend well. "

"But whether they can defend depends mainly on their own state. If they are in poor state, they may not even need to defend. That's why I said just now that they are the most special team in the league, which is simply amazing."

After Van Gundy finished speaking, the rest of the coaching staff nodded in agreement and smiled at each other heartily.

Su Yang followed and nodded.Durant's condition is getting better, it's really unstoppable, no strategy works, and Westbrook is the same, he often uses the pick-and-roll to make a strong breakthrough, or stops the zombie jumper, either not as fast as him, or not as high as him.

"Let's end the analysis here..." Van Gundy spread his hands, "The Thunder really don't have any complicated strategies to analyze."

Everyone chuckled and got up and left. Su Yang returned to the court again for the second set of shooting practice.

...

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Su Yang drove to the Staples Center to warm up early.

About half an hour later, the Thunder players entered the arena and began to warm up before the game.

Wearing a hooded sweater, Dulat waved to Su Yang with a smile and walked towards him slowly.

Su Yang responded with a smile and said, "You guys still have to fight the Lakers tomorrow, don't you? Let's have dinner together tonight."

"Okay..." Durant smiled awkwardly, "Well, I'm sorry about my Twitter likes."

"Why do you apologize?" Su Yang thought for a while, you are the most difficult player to defend one-on-one, even if you are not, you don't need to apologize to me, don't be so sensitive in your heart, don't care too much about other people's opinions, be more confident ! "

"You didn't lie to me?" Durant shrank his neck back, his expression full of doubts.

"Of course!" Su Yang solemnly gave two thumbs up, "You Kevin Durant is the most beautiful boy in the duel!"

"Then I won't pretend to be polite!" Durant raised his hand and lifted his hat, "I'm going to blow you up tonight."

"Good guy!" Su Yang was stunned for a moment, "I'm just a good guy..."

(End of this chapter)