stadium ambition

Chapter 306 Young people don't talk about martial arts

Timeout, Clippers bench.

Little Jordan and the others stood in a circle, with a slightly irritable facial expression, as if panicked.

Su Yang's face was calm, and Van Gundy also said with a smile: "I called this timeout not because we had any problems on both offensive and defensive ends, but because the opponent's hand feels so good that it is necessary to let them freeze for a while."

McGrady's veterans hummed in response.

It's not that Van Gundy pretended to be indifferent, but that the Thunder's goals, except for Durant's last back-run lob, the other goals were all forced by personal ability and did not enjoy tactical bonuses. The whole process was supported by a momentum .

As long as the momentum is broken, not to mention that the Thunder will become unable to play, at least for a while.

"That's good..." Little Jordan and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere on the bench became much more relaxed.

"But our shooting percentage is low, causing them to counterattack too much, and it is indeed necessary to make adjustments." Van Gundy continued, "The reason for the low shooting percentage is that Sefolosha and Ibaka rotate too much. powerful."

Su Yang nodded in agreement.

As an important support point for the Thunder inside, Ibaka is responsible for raising delays and shrinking defenses. Those few blocks are the best example. He almost reduced the scoring efficiency of the Clippers with his own power.

As for Sefolosha, the importance of being able to squeeze out Harden's starting position by virtue of defense can be seen, especially after a few lateral moves to supplement the defense, immediately returning to defense and re-blocking the shooting space at the top of the arc is definitely an important reason for the Thunder to overtake.

After Ibaka and Sefolosha joined forces, the Thunder's 23-zone defense system was barely activated, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of Clippers' breakthroughs, and many shots from the outside line.

"So, we need to strengthen quick shots from the outside and containment from the inside." Van Gundy continued, "The specific personnel adjustment is that Randolph will temporarily switch to center. George, O'Neal, McGrady, you three will come on and replace them."

The Clippers nodded in response.

Three ups and three downs can be regarded as a relatively bold rotation, but this lineup has unlimited range advantages. Both O'Neal and Randolph can shoot or support in high positions. With the quick shots of George and Tracy McGrady, the Thunder are bound to expand their defense.

As long as the Thunder expand their defense, their zone defense formation will be self-defeating, and the Clippers will have a lot of air cuts.

Coinciding with the team's outside shots being inaccurate, a large number of air cuts can help improve scoring efficiency.

The disadvantage is that it will be very difficult to defend against fast breaks, but if the hit rate is improved, it can be avoided.

"I'm done. Come on, 123, come on, Clippers!"

Van Gundy raised his right hand, and the Clippers raised their hands one after another, and the whole team counted and shouted slogans in unison.

The whistle sounded at the end of the timeout, and the large central screen displayed the adjustment status of the Clippers.

The scene cheered and applauded, the referee blew his whistle and raised his hand, and Su Yang caught the ball from the bottom line and advanced.

Westbrook stopped at the center line early to prepare for an early delay. Su Yang rushed up in a straight line, swaying in small steps, swaying left and right, and easily reached the top of the arc.At the same time, O'Neal lifted from the left elbow and ran to the 45-degree three-point line.

In a hurry, Ibaka did not follow out to defend O'Neal, but turned around and stepped into the paint area, staring at Su Yang, who was sprinting at high speed, like a hungry tiger staring at its prey, ready to rush up and tear it up at any time. bite.

Su Yang saw it, stopped suddenly, turned to the left, and threw the ball to the left 45-degree three-point line.

Jermaine O'Neal caught the ball and raised it high to aim at the basket. Ibaka hurriedly stepped back to the defense, and Su Yang took the opportunity to rush to the basket.At this time, Westbrook made another old mistake, focusing on Xiao Ao who was holding the ball, and briefly forgot that there was Su Yang.

"Chasing people..." Thunder coach Brooks shouted and waved from the sidelines, very anxious.

Wei Shao woke up like a dream, and hurriedly turned his hips and started to catch up with Su Yang, and deliberately put his head down in an impulsive gesture.

But Su Yang took two steps inside the free throw line, then bent his knees and took off, reaching out to receive a pass back from O'Neal, ignoring the threat of Ibaka's supplementary defense, aiming at the basket was a powerful dunk with both hands, and the basketball exploded into the net .

64 to 43, the Clippers finally broke the scoring shortage, cheers and applause rang out in the arena.

Ibaka picked up the basketball and retreated out of bounds, hurriedly sent it to Westbrook, and the Thunder launched a fast break.

But at that point in time to pick up the ball, the four of the Clippers had retreated to the center line, while Su Yang stayed in the backcourt to delay.

Brooks raised his hand to signal the rhythm, but Westbrook still quickly brought the ball to the left wing of the front court without realizing it.

Krstic received the ball at the top of the arc, turned his head left and right to observe for a while, but did not see any teammates running.

For a while, Krstic was at a loss, and the drawbacks of the Thunder's lack of a tactical system were fully exposed.

Seeing this situation, Westbrook raised his hand to signal for a pass back, but Krstic suddenly threw the ball vigorously towards the left corner.

Durant, who was running out, stretched out his hand to catch the ball, quickly glanced at the half-court position, and started to cross stride suddenly. Relying on his height and long arms, he took big strides, kicked twice, and rushed to the edge of the paint forcibly. Stop and take off on one leg, throw and hit the board.

But he didn't seem to notice that the player who defended him before was PJ Tucker, and now it's McGrady.

Although McGrady's height and wingspan are not as good as Durant's, it is enough to cause huge interference.

when!The basketball hit the board, rebounded and hit the basket, spun twice rapidly, and flew out of the basket under the attention of everyone.

Snapped!McGrady jumped high, grabbed the basketball, and pushed forward when he landed.

The players of the two teams started to follow up, and the big team came to the frontcourt in a blink of an eye, and McGrady went deep into the short corner on the right.

If it were McGrady when he was young, he grabbed the rebound and brought him to that position by himself. He would lean sideways on the defensive player and start playing post-up skillfully. But he is no longer young and values ​​​​the team more.

McGrady turned around to look for someone, and Su Yang used Randolph's cover to circle from the left wing to the top of the arc.

Westbrook was delayed by Randolph and failed to keep close to catch up. Krstic hurriedly switched defenses and went up to intercept.

Su Yang raised his hand to catch the basketball, twisted his hips and entered the inside line, and took the initiative to stick to Kostic and rushed to the basket.

The front and rear feet of the two reached the reasonable collision zone, Su Yang stopped to join the ball, raised his head and raised his hand to aim at the basket.

Kostic took off and raised his right hand to block the shot, but Su Yang stopped his movement and did not take off.When Krstic fell, Su Yang bent his knees and kicked the ground to use his strength, jumped high and took the initiative to find a confrontation, and at the same time threw the ball to wipe the board.

Beep!The referee blew his whistle and whistled Krstic for fouling the cylinder.

boom!The basketball rebounded and crashed into the net at the same time. Su Yang scored two points and got an extra free throw.

Cheers broke out in the arena, and Krstic shook his head again and again, as if he was annoyed by the low-level mistakes.Su Yang smiled and high-fived his teammates. Originally, he wanted to turn around and hit the board with a high throw, but in the end he scored 2+1 easily. He felt happy in his heart.

Amidst the MVP cheers, Su Yang made an additional free throw and the Clippers led 67-63.

In the transition between offense and defense, Westbrook dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and moved to the left with the help of Ibaka's cover.

Su Yang's mind quickly flashed the picture of Westbrook's previous long-range shot, and still decided to bypass the screen to intercept, resolutely release the shot, and at the same time remind Xiao Ao to wait in the elbow area to prevent Ibaka from receiving the ball Take a long shot.

The two cooperated tacitly. Ibaka didn't get the chance to catch the ball or make an air cut, and Westbrook didn't rush to shoot.

The two sides confronted each other for a while, Westbrook raised his hands high and passed the ball to the right waist.

Relying on temporary memory, Su Yang determined that the receiver should be Krstic, and decisively retreated to flank.

Seeing this, Randolph interfered with force, and the two formed a siege in an instant, and Krstic couldn't even hold the ball steadily.

But who would have thought that Krstic suddenly fell forward, followed by the referee's whistle.

Randolph received a pushing foul, and immediately smiled at the referee, quite speechless.

The Thunder got the ball from the left sideline of the frontcourt, Kostic made an upper screen, and Westbrook ran out from the baseline to catch the ball.

After serving the ball, Durant stepped into the field, and with the help of Kostic's cover, he went straight to the baseline.

McGrady retreated and intercepted first, but Durant stopped suddenly and turned around and ran out, taking the basketball from the left wing.

McGrady chased after him quickly, but was confronted by Krstic who went up to the wall to cover, and Durant even feinted.

When McGrady bypassed the screen again, it was too late to intercept, and Durant bowed and stepped straight into the inside.

Seeing this situation, Su Yang decisively shrunk from the right side, joined forces with Randolph who was already standing at the free throw line, and surrounded and double-teamed.

Durant stopped and jumped suddenly, twisted his body to the right in the air, and threw the ball to Sefolosha who was standing on the sideline.

But his movements were too obvious, and he was too slow because of being double-teamed, and George made a steal.

Cheers suddenly exploded, and Su Yang also imitated the starting posture of the [-]-meter sprint, burying his head and pressing his shoulders to start.

In the blink of an eye, he rushed to the top of the frontcourt arc, and the basketball fell right in front of him as he hoped, and Su Yang grabbed it in his hand.But Westbrook was chasing after him, and there was no room for a good shot for the time being. He stopped at the basket to stand firm, turned around and made adjustments.

At this time, McGrady just followed the left wing position, but Durant, who was in charge of defense, stopped at the elbow.

Su Yang shook his head toward the bottom corner again and again, signaling McGrady to run over to catch the ball, and Durant hurriedly started to catch up.

But the distance is there, even if Durant has long legs and big strides, it is completely too late.

Before the flash, Westbrook stepped around to Su Yang's side, raised his hand and slapped the basketball.

Su Yang felt a loss of resistance on his back for the first time, and his muscle memory instantly reminded him that he could turn around.

Instinctively, he turned around and took off, pulled the bar with his backhand to wipe the board, and the basketball bounced into the net with a thud.

There were cheers in the arena, Su Yang ran back happily as if he had found money, and the Clippers bench laughed endlessly.

Westbrook scratched his head in embarrassment, turned away from Brooks' questioning gaze, took the basketball and moved forward.

The Thunder's frontcourt CONER formation was in position, Westbrook dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, patted on the spot and waited.

Soon, Durant walked the baseline to use the screen, circled from left to right, and strode out to receive the ball.

But Westbrook didn't pass it to him, but passed the ball to Krstic who raised his hand to signal.

Durant was sluggish for half a second, then started and ran to the LOGO position, and continued to raise his hand to signal the pass.

But Krstic didn't pass it to him. Instead, he passed the ball back to Westbrook who ran to the sideline, and went up to the wall to cover.

Durant put down his hands resentfully, but Westbrook suddenly stopped and jumped, raising his hand and throwing a long-range three-pointer.

Su Yang was still insisting on throwing shots, but when he turned around, the basketball went into the net hollow.

Westbrook shouted loudly, and at the same time made a celebratory gesture of putting the grab into the bag, very excited.

Su Yang chuckled, and said in his heart: "Wei Shao, as a player, is really interesting. If you think he is not good, he will slap you in the face. If you think he is awesome, he will show you his hips, making you love and love him." Hate, helpless."

In the transition between offense and defense, Su Yang dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and broke through to the right with the help of a screen.

The Thunder did not activate the double-team, Westbrook defended alone, retreating again and again, but always kept half a step away.

After a little weighing, Su Yang signaled with his eyes that George hurried up from the corner and stretched out his hand to catch the ball.

Seeing that the hand-to-hand screen was about to cooperate, Westbrook stopped, but Su Yang did not pass the ball, but rushed to the bottom corner.

Westbrook hurriedly restarted to catch up, Su Yang stopped abruptly and turned around, and Randolph stepped forward to cover at the same time.

Taking this opportunity, Su Yang bowed to accelerate the start, made a cross step, and headed straight for the paint area.

Westbrook chased out subconsciously, hit Randolph directly, and then fell to the ground.

Kostic hurriedly defended, Su Yang made an emergency stop, took off, drifted laterally, and leaned back slightly to throw.

The posture is very awkward, but one left and one right are staggered, and Krstic completely loses the possibility of blocking shots.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 71 to 66.

Offensive and defensive transition, Westbrook dribbled the ball to 45 degrees to the left of the frontcourt, and used Ibaka's cover to transfer.

After Ibaka finished the screen, he turned around and ran to the left, strengthening at the same time as Kostic.Durant took the opportunity to go around from the bottom corner, raised his hand to receive a pass from Westbrook, cut straight sideways, reached the free throw line in the blink of an eye, and threw a shot against Randolph's face.

That posture is quite graceful, just to avoid Randolph's block head-on, and the shooting point is relatively high.

when!The basketball hit the rim and bounced to the top of the arc.

Su Yang spotted the landing point, blocked Westbrook with his back, and immediately turned and ran after receiving the basketball.

Westbrook chased after him with all his strength, as if he had a locator, and he never lost even half of his body.

The two ran to the right for a free throw, Su Yang slowed down and lifted the basketball, looking towards the left half.

Westbrook instinctively raised his hand to interfere, but Su Yang used his front foot as the axis and his back foot to exert force. At the same time, he raised the ball around the top of his head, and instantly took a twisting step, followed by kneeling and kicking off the ground, gliding a short distance in the air, and gently exerting force on his wrist , pick the basket and play the board.

boom!The basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net, 73 to 66.

Cheers erupted in the arena, Su Yang waved his hands to signal to get angry, and the volume of the audience suddenly doubled.

Westbrook was so angry that he stomped his feet and shook his head frequently as if he was struggling with himself, which made Krstic hesitate.

The referee blew the whistle to remind the five-second timer to start. Krstic quickly passed the ball to Westbrook. Westbrook received the ball with his back to other players. He turned around and pushed the ball forward without checking whether there were defenders nearby. .

At this time, Su Yang had just retreated to the three-point line, but saw the basketball bounce back from the ground.

He put down his waving hands, caught the basketball in a daze, and then turned around to avoid Westbrook who was rushing up.

The cheers in the arena exploded, and Su Yang jumped up and scored a three-pointer with his hands raised.

bass!The basketball hit the net hollow, and the Clippers hit a 14-3 attack wave, leading 76-66.

The referee immediately blew the whistle to stop the game, the Thunder requested a timeout, and there were waves of cheers.

In the commentary booth, Breen said: "After the Clippers suspended, Su Yang scored 14 points in a row, and his personal total was 34 points. Considering that the game still has a long time to end, his chance of completing 9 consecutive games with 40+ records is close to 100%. .”

Jackson said: "What surprised me the most was that he scored so many points in a row. He hit the inside several times, but he didn't have a physical confrontation. Even the 2+1 was his intentional contact. Every time he made it look like a sneak attack."

"He has air cuts and early screens, as well as impromptu pull-bar hits, and he doesn't talk about routines at all..."

(End of this chapter)