NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 380 The Great Victory
The Thunder attacked, Westbrook continued to play pick-and-roll with Ibaka in the middle, and rushed in directly with the help of cover!This time the Hornets switched defenses directly, and Green gave Westbrook the middle distance!Westbrook still made a move!Hit this time!
Curry quickly led the frontcourt, handed it to Green, and then ran quickly. Paul George made a screen and blocked Westbrook. The ball was immediately passed, and Curry caught the ball and shot!Hit!After the hit, he made a 3-point gesture!

In the interview, Curry did not talk about continuing to win the MVP this season, nor did he say that he wanted to win the scoring champion, but he said very clearly: "I want to throw 380 three-pointers!" Now Curry has entered the mode, and he will gesture every time he scores one!
Westbrook leads the frontcourt, this time to Durant, Durant takes the ball to face Paul George, crossover!This time, he opened up the space, pulled it up and threw it directly!In!In fact, the previous life has been saying that Thunder has no tactics, only knows singles!But then again, there are players with such strong singles ability, what tactics are needed!Therefore, the idea of ​​​​the Thunder has always been to build a team is two young players + a few strong defensive players!Then attack the double-short rounds.

Curry advanced with the ball and transferred it to Davis!Davis backs Jordan!Davis participated in the training game this summer, mainly contacting the back hit and the middle distance. Davis did not push it!To put it bluntly, Davis is actually the body of a power forward. It is difficult to stand up to a muscular stick like Jordan. Just lean on it and turn over and lean back!Have!

Here, Durant led the frontcourt, pulled up directly, and missed. Ibaka grabbed the frontcourt and defended the ball with his back and leaned against Draymond twice.
Ibaka was forced to pass the ball out of the outside line. Westbrook caught the ball and dribbled it to Jordan who wanted the ball in the low post on the right. Durant stood in the right corner and the three formed a triangle.

In fact, Jordan has consciously increased singles last season, but he is obviously not skilled in skills.
Jordan leaned his back twice and turned around forcibly towards the baseline. Davis blocked him and didn't let him turn around.

In the Pelicans battle, Curry dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and Westbrook immediately got close.

At this time, Westbrook was not injured, and the lateral movement speed was very fast. It was not rational for Curry to force a breakthrough. He immediately passed it to Draymond, who was pulled to the middle, and ran to the bottom line on the right.

Ibaka defends the middle, Davis covers Curry without the ball from the side, his tall body blocks Westbrook, Curry quickly runs up the line, and Draymond passes the ball accurately!

Jordan is waiting to pull the right side of the basket, which can not only prevent Davis from cutting, but also prevent Curry from breaking through!Curry takes the ball and takes a step back and directly shoots three-pointers!besides!Then open the gesture again!Two three-pointers have been credited!

The Thunder attacked. After the pick-and-roll, Westbrook forced his way to the left, failed to completely avoid Green, dodged horizontally to avoid the block, and forced the basketball to bounce out. Westbrook has always had this problem, the touch is not soft!Frequent toilet, the rebound was grabbed by Davis.

After the Pelicans opened up, Curry relied on Davis to cover Westbrook without the ball and received a pass from Draymond in the middle.

This ball is because the Thunder are too afraid of the Pelicans' projection. In the previous life, Jordan would not have defended it, but now it has come out!
The Thunder attacked, and Westbrook played a pick-and-roll with Ibaka again. This time it passed to Ibaka on the right, and he pulled away from outside the three-point line.

Ibaka has a height advantage and decided to try singles again. He squeezed Draymond twice with his back and still didn't squeeze. The turnaround jump shot missed the basket under the interference.Although Draymond couldn't cover it, he was very uncomfortable at the bottom of the plate. Ibaka had no shooting rhythm and missed!
Jordan rushed to grab an offensive rebound and wanted to force it. Davis immediately fouled. For Jordan's free throw, it was equivalent to giving away a wave of possession.
Sure enough, Jordan missed two free throws and Davis grabbed the rebound!
At the beginning, the Pelicans brought the Thunder into their own rhythm. After that, the players have been helping Curry get the ball comfortably, trying to use various screens to withdraw Jordan from the penalty area, looking for misplaced opportunities.Both Draymond and Davis can cut to the basket and catch the ball.

Although the Thunder can resist it, it can be seen that the Thunder only relies on their strong personal ability and touch to maintain it. Once the touch drops, the Thunder will collapse instantly, because the Pelicans have too many easy balls!
In the first quarter, the Pelicans led the Thunder 28 to 26!The gap is not big, but many people know that the real coach is on the bench,
In the second quarter, Presti dispatched Livingston, Bradley, Jimmy Butler, David West, and Gobert, overwhelming the Thunder's bench players. Since Gibson left, the Thunder's bench strength has declined again. Rookie Adams is still too rough.
On the offensive end, the Hornets attacked the basket violently. David West had the skills and strength to score easily at the basket.
But it is still only better to protect the frame, and the offense is still very uncomfortable. Harden's offensive firepower is far less strong than in his previous life. After encountering double-teams, although he can divide the ball, his teammates do not have the ability to attack independently, so he must open it himself!

And Presti gave Bradley only one task, to open up space on offense, cut air, and then die on Harden on the defensive end!
Harden stepped forward, Jordan came over to cover, Harden used the cover and immediately went in to kill, immediately double-teamed, did not score the ball, and forced to throw!Miss!
Rebounds scrambling, David West stuck to Jordan, and Gobert easily got the rebound. Although Jordan was very strong, he couldn't fight against the inside combination of Gobert and David West at the same time!

Here the Pelicans attack, David West catches the ball inside and singles, encounters a double-team, immediately distributes the ball to Jimmy Butler, takes the ball and makes a shot, misses!Gobert directly rushed to grab the offensive rebound, and the two outsiders opened up and waited to catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer. They continued to score Livingston, and Livingston passed it to Bradley, and the three-pointer was thrown!Have!

The Pelicans also did the same thing on the defensive end. The Pelicans' wingspan madmen surrounded the penalty area tightly, and the Thunder players couldn't get in at all, let alone break through and score the ball.Harden hit a few times, and Jimmy Butler directly took the rebound and made a counterattack!
The Thunder's five players were blocked. In fact, if Harden's touch is good, he can still drive the offense. However, it is not accurate. After two three-pointers from the outside line, Presti directly shrinks the inside line and lets you shoot!Feel bad and want to go inside?no way! .

Although the current gap between Gobert and Jordan is relatively large, but the Pelicans still have David West!And Thunder's Adams is just a rough guy now!Even the station is very sweet!If Gibson was there before, although he couldn't stand up to David West's singles, at least the rebounds are OK, and Gibson also has a certain offensive ability at the basket and mid-range shooting ability!

The point difference widened to 15 points, and Thunder coach McHale was forced to request a timeout. After that, the two sides replaced the main players one after another. After the replacement, the Thunder's offense and defense also returned to normal, but the point difference never caught up!

Because the Thunder's best counterattack has not been launched, Presti has already told the team before the game that once the shot is made, only the good position is left, and the rest is quickly replayed!
During the halftime break, in the Hornets locker room, Presti still asked the players to implement the tactics of the first half. He was very sure that in the second half, the Thunder players would not feel so good anymore!
In the second half, the Thunder's offense started to be really normal. The Pelicans shrunk the inside. Westbrook had no choice but to shoot a jumper, but the result was also bang bang. The entire Thunder's starting lineup was only Durant's outside touch, like Ibaka, and Matthews standing on the outside. The Pelicans just ignored it.

The Pelicans play very methodically, using screens all the time to find mismatches and attract defenses to score.On the defensive end, the Clippers didn't have any reservations. The Thunder defended couldn't get to the basket. DeAndre Jordan fouled and sent him free throws when he went deep into the basket.

Ten minutes into the third quarter, the point difference has reached 10 points. Presti decisively replaced the substitute and let the starters rest. Presti has already planned to play as many games as possible in the three quarters this season, let the starters rest earlier, and sometimes give up some games appropriately to keep the players healthy!

The Thunder did not make any substitutions and wanted to take this opportunity to increase the score, but obviously they did not take the open training game seriously. The Pelicans' substitutes are not the opponents' starters of many teams.
Westbrook rushed to the frontcourt, resolutely shrunk, brought it out and handed it to Jordan, tried to hit Gobert, but he was shot when he turned around and made a layup!Gobert's long arms cover Jordan, making him uncomfortable,
The Pelicans attacked, David West continued to play singles under the basket, Ibaka was obviously unable to defend, Durant's striker interfered, and when he turned around, he was double-teamed, and Jimmy Butler cut directly from the outside line. At this time, it was too late for Jordan to turn around and block the shot.
Soon after the third quarter ended, the Pelicans led by 20 points and entered the final quarter. Presti looked at the point difference and knew that there should be no need to start again. Livingston, Bradley, Jimmy Butler, David West, and Gobert played five players, combining inside and outside to maintain the advantage!

The Thunder still didn't give up and continued to attack. Durant caught the ball from the outside and started desperately trying to get three points!Pulled out directly against the opponent, just hit, Jimmy Butler also went in on the Pelicans side, encountered the help defense, and gave the ball to Bradley, it was empty!
The Thunder did a very poor job of defending. The ball was clearly spinning, but all of the Thunder's players were at the basket, ready to rebound!
Bradley took a second and shot directly!Take your chance and get in!

Here Westbrook catches the ball and rushes over quickly, one slams over, David West's defense is slow, and he hits a layup!David Weiwest urgently needed singles, and the Thunder still double-teamed. This time, there was a mistake in the split, and the Thunder continued to score fast breaks!

Presti got up at this time and made a few moves to Livingston. The latter realized that he immediately fell to the low position for 5 minutes, leaned against Westbrook, turned over and fell back!Have!Livingston's back singles are very stable!
Here the Thunder still use their personal abilities to score, while the Pelicans also use screens and cut to get opportunities! After 5 minutes, the point difference is still 18 points!Coach Thunder knows that there is no hope. At this moment, he seems to understand that if his substitute is not upgraded, he may only reach the Western Conference finals forever with only three rounds!

The Thunder replaced the starters. At this time, the Thunder players looked helpless. They thought that after a summer of training, they were already close to the Pelicans, but now they find that they are even bigger!

Afterwards, the two sides all came off the bench, and Presti replaced Middleton, Antetokounmpo, Jason Smith, etc. at this time!Another great advantage of letting them exercise and clock in three quarters is that they can have time to train their rookies!

In the end, the Pelicans were 111 to 94, and the Pelicans won the opening game by 17 points.

鹈鹕的球员表现都非常出色，库里出场28分钟，砍下25分4篮板6助攻2抢断其中三分7中4；汤普森出战30分钟，17分4篮板3助攻；保罗乔治出战31分钟砍下23分7篮板4抢断，格林则拿下11分8篮板5助攻，而戴维斯则砍下12分7篮板1助攻3盖帽！

另外戈贝尔的首秀非常不错拿下了4分6篮板以及3个盖帽，字母哥拿下2分2篮板，米德尔顿则是拿下3分！
Seven of the Hornets scored in double figures. This is the scariest point. Everyone has the ability to score!And like Livingston, who scored 7 points off the bench, he is obviously capable of scoring in double figures!

On the side of the Thunder, Durant made 20 of 11 shots, 4 of 2 three-pointers, and 7 of 6 free throws. He scored 30 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Westbrook didn't play well this time, because the Pelicans just didn't let him break through, let him in the middle distance, and then defended the passing line. He made 18 of 8 shots, 5 of 1 three-pointers, and 6 of 5 free throws. He scored 22 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 turnovers!Those few turnovers were all thanks to the pass defense.

而哈登则是拿下19分4篮板5助攻，但是命中率同样不高只有15投6中！三分球4中1，罚球6中6！不过这个赛季的哈登已经展现出“刺客”的能力了，经常能够博得犯规！

After the game, people lamented the strength of the Pelicans!Even the Thunder, which has been able to compete with the Pelicans, can't do it! The finale of the NBA is complete. Of course, many people think that this time it is just that the Thunder's hands are not good, and the first game is a bit tight!

(End of this chapter)