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Chapter 1513 Five Little Vs Five Little (Part [-])
"Although we won the second game, the situation of the whole series is still very pessimistic for us~"

In the meeting room of the Thunder training hall, the coaching staff headed by Brooks is having a meeting to discuss the tactical adjustment plan for the next game.

"Do you have any good ideas~?!, or good suggestions~, or have you discovered the weakness of the Clippers~!?"

Brooks asked a group of teaching assistants.

The teaching assistants all looked serious when they heard it. Brooks waited for a long time, but no one spoke.

"Then let me tell you~"

Seeing that the whole atmosphere was awkward, Brooks said immediately.

"If we have a normal lineup, we are actually on equal terms with the Clippers. If our main players are in good condition, we can even be said to be in the upper hand. We started to be passive, so we have to find a way to solve the opponent's five small lineup~"

Brooks said.

"If the opponent uses the five small lineup, we can use the twin tower lineup to restrain the five small. After all, in that case, our inside and rebounding will have a very obvious advantage~!!"

A black teaching assistant said immediately.

"No, no, no, your idea has already been verified by the Spurs, and it failed~ Although the average height of the inside lineup of the Twin Towers lineup is higher, the mobility is too poor, especially the efficiency of offensive and defensive transitions has dropped severely. Once the opponent raises the speed, we have no countermeasures at all, and it is totally unacceptable to do so~"

Brooks immediately shook his head in response.

"My current thinking is, maybe we can also use the five small lineups to fight against them~!!"

Brooks continued.

"We also use Wu Xiao~?!"

When the teaching assistants heard this, they immediately asked in unison.

"That's right, we also use the fifth small~, let Ibaka stand alone at the center position, let Durant play the power forward, and then,,,"

Brooks explained.

"We have never used such a lineup before, and we don't know the effect~!"

"Yeah~, it still feels a bit too risky to do so~"

The teaching assistants responded immediately.

"There is no other way, now we have to give it a go, the way of following the rules is no longer enough, this is the Western Conference finals, only the one who dares to fight can win the final victory~!!"

Brooks seemed adamant about the same strategy of using five smalls.

In the third game after that, the Thunder really put up a small-five lineup along with the Clippers in the second quarter.

"Actually, there is a method that is very easy to break the tactic of the fifth little one~, do you know what it is~?!"

The game was still going on, Lan Shengli suddenly sat down calmly, and said to Harper beside him.

"What~?!"

When Harper heard this, he immediately frowned and asked.

"That is, you can use a zone defense, and then double-team the key players, forcing the opponent's offensive weakness to attack~!!"

Lan Shengli responded.

"It's a bit impractical and risky to do this~, the opponent's five players on the court today, each of them has a certain shooting ability, especially for players like Martin and Durant, the outside line is absolutely not allowed~ !!, the zone defense will easily be opened up by the opponent~!!"

Harper responded in a somewhat disapproving tone.

"How will you know if you don't try~"

As Lan Shengli said, he immediately stood up again, and then gestured at the Clippers players, which was an adjustment to the defensive tactics.

Soon, the Clippers put up a zone defense, and then George defended Durant's posture.

The Thunder also responded quickly. Westbrook broke through to the free throw line and gave Sefoloza who was in the open space at the zone defense junction.

Sefoloza, who made 38.6% of his three-pointers in the regular season, made three-pointers resolutely.

"Clang~!!"

The trajectory of the ball was a little crooked and missed.

The Clippers' first zone defense was a gamble.

"It's just to defend like this~ Don't give Durant any chance to shoot, let Sefoloza attack~, give him space to shoot~, Westbrook can also put~!!"

After the timeout, Lan Shengli continued to tell the players.

Such a tactic not only requires the head coach to have the courage to use it, but also requires the players to implement it firmly.

While speaking, the game restarted.

The Thunder also made active adjustments here, allowing Durant to dribble directly in the backcourt.

But when he got to the frontcourt, George immediately put up defense.

Durant forced the man to dribble forward.

"Eh~!!!"

George suddenly fell backwards, and Durant seemed to have a very concealed push with his arm while walking.

"Beep~!!!"

After all, this is the Staples Center, and of course the referee must give the home team some respect.

Durant's offensive foul was immediately whistled.

Durant stood where he was, holding the ball with one hand, and looked at the referee with a wry smile.

This is an obvious manifestation of Durant's anxiety.

"Swipe~!!!"

But the Clippers' offense is still very comfortable.

Harden and Love's pick-and-roll tactics, the former first gave the ball to Love who was pulled outside the three-point line after the pick-and-roll, and then suddenly made a fake cut to the inside and immediately returned to outside the three-point line.

This fake move directly deceived Sefolosha into losing his center of gravity and losing his defensive position.

Love immediately passed the ball back again, and Harden caught the ball and hit a three-pointer directly.

Obviously, the fifth junior of the Clippers is still more proficient and more adaptable.

However, the Thunder's fifth team, limited by Lan Shengli's targeted tactics, did not produce the desired effect.

This is quite regrettable.

46: 49.

After halftime, the Clippers had overtaken by 3 points.

In the second quarter, the Clippers won by [-] points.

The advantages of Wuxiao are still very obvious.

In the second half of the game, Durant was still "focused on care". In addition to the fact that there was only one Ibaka inside, Sefoloza and Westbrook didn't feel very good. The Thunder's offense seemed to be very inefficient. Quick, the Thunder gave up the five small lineups.

Re-taking Perkins, while increasing the depth of the inside line, also liberated Ibaka.

The replacement of Perkins also shows that Brooks's five small lineups did not have the effect of "green out of blue", but more like "imitation".

But the Clippers have been using five players.

So this game~

It has always been in the rhythm of the Clippers.

102: 94.

The Clippers defended their first home game and won the "Battle of Five Smalls", leading the series 2:1.

(End of this chapter)