King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 112 The Entangled Battle

The Kings fans have experienced a fantastic quarter of the game. They always know that their team is the top offensive player, but in terms of defense, don’t look at the outside defensive leader like Iguodala, and the steal king like He Yixiang. Si, the help defense has a big white border, but basically most rookies will have insufficient focus on defense, and the defense will become less motivated due to poor offense.And today's defense in the second quarter made the Kings fans praise it.

"The defense was good. In the second quarter, during the 2 minutes of stalemate in the middle, I thought that the defense would collapse as before because the offense was not smooth, but I didn't expect the defense to be very good!"

"Andre is still very experienced, and he can withstand critical moments! But He also defended very well today, pity him, and the two Spartan guards on the opposite side will have to face off for a whole game."

"Defense wins the playoffs, and I'm suddenly bullish on this year's playoffs."

The Kings continued their strong offense in the second half, but Westbrook calmed down a lot after being suppressed on the bench for half a quarter. He used breakthrough points to create opportunities for Green and Durant, who were constantly athletic.Yi Jianlian's speed as a power forward is considered good, but it is not enough to face these two. The 211cm Durant and the 206cm Green, these two guys have really good impact on the front line, especially the combination of height and speed makes other teams completely blind the insiders who are not fast enough. Landry only rested for 2 minutes. Back on the field again.

In the next game, both sides played out their own characteristics. This side relied on the combination of long shots and air cuts, and then gave Cousins ​​a chance to play singles when the Thunder expanded defensively. Cousins ​​faced Krstic. Just use his footsteps and small hook, and use his strength to hit Ibaka. He Yixiang thinks this guy is much smarter.

However, the Thunder also used their strong personal talents to cooperate with simple pick-and-rolls to hit the weak defensive points of the Kings infinitely. Casspi was about to cry. He was about to be overwhelmed by this group of talented Thunder outsiders on the opposite side.I still feel a little bit at the three-point line, and I saved a little dignity by scoring two three-pointers in a row.

But now the fans of the two teams on Reddit have stopped fighting each other on Reddit. The scores of the two teams have been entangled with each other. The fighting strength is not much different, and the end of this fight may be the final round for some guy.

In the last 2 minutes, the score came to 91:90. The home Thunder overtook the score again because of a counterattack layup by Westbrook. Instead, Kostic was replaced with Ibaka and played a small lineup.The king puts more emphasis on the next defense, while the thunder is to attack.

"Jeff, what do you think, who will win this game?"

"It's very simple. The five players in the Thunder are all fast-moving players with mid-range shooting ability. Except for Ibaka, four of them can shoot 3 points. In the king's lineup, Whiteside has no independent offensive ability. So Cousins Westbrook and Durant will not dare to enter the restricted area guarded by the two of them. So it is very simple, they have to work hard Feel it."

The Kings took the lead in playing a tacit cooperation. He Yixiang circled the screen from the top of the arc to the right and hit the inside line to attract two people to double-team. Without hesitation, he opened his hand and shot. The basketball went directly and accurately into the net like a precision-guided missile, leading by two points at 45:93.

"A beautiful pass. He Yixiang never looked at Iguodala from the beginning to the end of this pass. However, this pass was very accurate. Judging from Iguodala's fast shot speed, he caught this ball. Very comfortable." Bill likes to sigh when he sees a beautiful pass, after all, he was also famous for passing the ball, so he prefers to pass the ball more.

"Bill, you were the pioneer of the organization center back then. How would you comment on this pass? If my team had such a guard, I would be very happy. No offense intended. Compared with Westbrook, He and Durant are more compatible. .I like point guards like He more, but whoever is the leader of the two will be more difficult for the other to accept! Both are very strong.”

"I'm a center forward, not a guard. I always use my height advantage to pass while standing." Bill seemed annoyed. Van Gundy, who is a tactical master, naturally knew the big difference between the two. The only thing in common was that they both needed to be very open. vision.

Soon Durant also proved to the fans the fact that Van Gundy said he was very strong. Facing Iguodala's close defense, he turned around with his back and strode over. 93:93.Every round at this time will make people feel thrilling. The Thunder's home stadium, which was originally lively, suddenly became a little quiet, and then suddenly, the slogan of "defense" suddenly rang throughout the arena.

In the last half minute, amidst the overwhelming shouts, Casspi missed a key open mid-range shot, and Cousins ​​yelled angrily, rose to the ground, overwhelmed Ibaka and grabbed an offensive rebound , was about to make a dunk directly, but this dunk was destroyed by Durant behind him, but it also caused his foul, the excited Cousins ​​roared, this key frontcourt seemed to dominate the game The victory of the game.

Cousins ​​is different from those rough guys. 73% of his free throws are still above the baseline. Although the first free throw received a lot of interference, he still made it easily. But the second free throw, if He Yixiang is in the rebounding position , it can be seen for sure that Cousins ​​was a little nervous. The ball hit the neck of the basket. Ibaka didn't give the King another chance. He took off this backcourt rebound and quickly passed it to Duran. Especially, Durant directly took the ball and made a fast break. Although He Yixiang came back from the defense, he had nothing to do against Durant who had already rushed up. In order to avoid fouls, he had to watch Durant score the ball. .

At 95:94, the Thunder took the lead again. There were still 20 seconds left for the Kings and the last chance to attack. Cousins ​​was very annoyed and even frustrated. Even if the Thunder scored two points, it would only be a tie, and the initiative is still in the hands of the king, but now it has become the final blow of either win or lose, and the king must succeed in this goal.

(End of this chapter)