Legendary basketball manager

Shen Fei came to his exclusive box early.

After today's game, he plans to go to the locker room to see the players, and by the way, inform the UAE about the "enlightenment".

With the successful experience last time, Shen Fei was sure that Yi Jianlian would not refuse.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the Rockets' bench.

Yi Jianlian was talking and laughing with Jeremy Lin.

Lowry on the side also said a few words from time to time.

It can be seen that the Chinese players are well integrated in the Rockets.

Shen Fei had never seen the so-called discrimination against Asians.

In this, there are not only the reasons for the existence of Shen Fei, the "great god", but also the reasons for the player's own strength.

Yao Ming needless to say, the existence of the best first team.

Jeremy Lin has gradually become the second point guard in the team, and Yi Jianlian can also provide stable firepower on the bench.

At the same time, several starters of the Rockets are doing their final warm-up on the court.

Shen Fei saw Curry who shot a super long three-pointer in the player tunnel at a glance.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

Curry hit 5 ultra-long three-pointers in a row!

"Take it easy..."

Shen Fei couldn't help thinking of something, so he murmured.

............

Of course, CCTV will not miss the Rockets game.

Today Su Qun and Yang Jian came to the Toyota Center together to explain the game together.

At this time, the two are warming up before the game.

"Hello, viewers and friends, welcome to watch the NBA playoffs broadcast by cctv5 for you!"

"Today I bring you the game between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder."

"I'm Yang Jian!"

"Hi everyone, I'm Su Qun."

"Director Su, can you briefly analyze this game for us?"

Yang Jian asked.

"no problem!"

"In the first meeting between the two teams two days ago, the Rockets won very easily."

"But in that game, the Thunder's three players-Durant, Westbrook, and Harden all performed very well. I don't have a good way to take this."

"Especially Durant. Whether it's George or Tucker, the restrictive effect on him is relatively average."

"Of course, there is a limit to this sentence, that is, when Durant is physically fit in the first three quarters."

"So in my opinion, if the Thunder wants to change the situation, the first thing is that other players must stand up and help the three players share the pressure. Let Durant have time to rest and maintain his state in the fourth quarter."

Su Qun talked eloquently.

"Your analysis is very reasonable, but I feel that this is not realistic for the current Thunder team."

"Durant, Westbrook, Harden, and Ibaka, these four young people are young, capable, and earn little money."

"But the Thunder management didn't make good use of this contract bonus period. The team is full of high-paid and low-powered players, and it's hard to count on them."

"I think that if the Thunder want to win, these four have to perform together, or even perform exceptionally together!"

Yang Jian also expressed his thoughts.

"This may be the disadvantage of the small ball market."

"I looked at it. The two highest salaries in the Thunder team are Nick Collison's $1325 million and Nazr Mohammed's $688 million, but neither of them is a core player."

"The total salary of their entire team is only 5591 million U.S. dollars, while the Rockets are 7231 million U.S. dollars."

Zhang Weiping introduced while flipping through the materials in his hand.

"Just looking at the books, the Thunder is indeed at a disadvantage, but a young team can always give people unlimited illusions, let alone a team full of talent like the Thunder!"

"Okay, now the game is about to start, let's turn the camera to the court!"

After all, Yang Jian waved his hand, the screen changed, and he came to the center of the court.

At this time, the starting players of both sides have all played.

In this game, the Thunder still chose to put Harden on the bench and sent out the starters: Westbrook, Sefolosha, Durant, Ibaka, and Perkins.

Rockets is the regular starting lineup: Curry, Tracy McGrady, George, Griffin and Yao Ming.

With the referee throwing the ball high, the game officially begins!

............

Ibaka leaped hard and unexpectedly won the scrimmage with Yao Ming.

Thunder strikes first!

Westbrook advanced with the ball and came to the top of the arc to organize.

Soon, Durant used the cover of his teammates to pocket the ball and received the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right.

George rushed over, his center of gravity sank, and he assumed a standard defensive posture.

Unexpectedly, Durant didn't make any unnecessary moves, and pulled out his hand against the defense of Pickled Pepper...

"Shu~"

Basketball hits the net!

3:0, the Thunder took the lead!

"Wow, Durant played very resolutely today. George didn't lose his position on the ball, and he didn't expect KD to play so decisively on the first attack..."

Yang Jian commented in a timely manner.

The game continues, the Rockets attack.

Curry hits the pass to Yao Ming in the low post.

After Dayao received the ball, he began to hit Perkins with his back.

Perkins is all over the place.

He can't do anything else, he is good at defending against the center forward!

Even Yao Ming struggled to back-up Perkins.

After finally opening up a little space, Dayao made a small hook after turning forward and threw the ball...

But the next moment, a group photo appeared, and the ball flew out of the bottom line with a palm!

This person is naturally the Thunder's inside defensive pillar-Ibaka.

After completing the block, he excitedly clapped Perkins to celebrate.

After seeing the defensive round just now, Shen Fei in the stands immediately realized that the Thunder came prepared today!

Use the tank center to cover the defense, and then let the jumping power forward block the block behind...

This is a classic defensive super center tactic.

As far away as the Celtics against Chamberlain, as close as the Pistons double Wallace against Shaquille O'Neal, this tactic is one of the few defensive methods that can limit super centers.

Of course, this kind of defense requires a blue-collar who can carry it, and a power forward who can "fly".

The Rockets serve from the baseline.

Curry threw off Westbrook's defense through dexterous running positions and received the ball outside the three-point line.

Westbrook struggled to catch up, but Curry's shot speed was too fast, and he could only look at the ball and sigh...

"duang!"

The ball hit the front of the basket and bounced out.

Perkins blocked Yao Ming, Ibaka jumped high, received the rebound, and passed the ball to Westbrook.

After the turtle got the ball, it immediately accelerated and rushed straight into the hinterland of the Rockets.

During the march, he first turned around and passed Curry, and then suddenly changed his move just before the layup, and found Sefolosha who followed up with a pass behind his head.

The Swiss Army Knife faced an empty basket and dunked easily!

5:0, the Thunder made a good start.

After the goal, Sefolosha looked up to the sky and screamed.

In the first game between the two teams, Sefolosha was not only "ravaged" by McGrady on the defensive end, but also made no achievements on the offensive end.

He played 25 minutes and scored one point with only free throws.

After the game, Sefolosha was sprayed wildly on social platforms by some extreme Thunder fans.

Even under the pictures of some family members on his ins, there was a lot of foul language.

The overwhelmed Swiss army knife can only shut down all social media and seek inner peace.

Tonight, Sefolosha knows that there is no way out, so he can only fight hard!

He knows that with his own ability, he can't control the situation of the battle, and all he can do is to try his best!

Curry, who was late, shook his head slightly.

The open three-pointer just now was a surefire thing for him, but it failed in the end.

5 points here and there is a bit of a blow to morale.

But after a short period of frustration, Curry quickly adjusted his mentality and re-entered the game.

Rocket attack.

Curry and George play pick-and-roll tactics at the top of the arc.

With the help of cover, Mengshen successfully got rid of Westbrook's defense.

Then he changed direction and passed Durant, and even staggered the latter!

In this way, Curry broke through all the way to the free throw line.

At this time, one of the Thunder's two insiders was fighting Yao Ming, and the other was afraid of Griffin's alley-oop dunk, and did not dare to act rashly.

Curry was also taken aback when he saw this.

After entering the league for nearly two years, it is very rare for him to be directly shorted.

Curry immediately received the ball and made an emergency stop for a mid-range shot...

"duang!"

The ball hit the front of the basket again and bounced out.

Ibaka was going to go to the baseline to serve, but found a surprise, and immediately took off to protect the rebound.

Thunder's counterattack strikes again!

This time it was Durant dribbling forward.

KD stepped up his long legs and rushed towards the Rockets' half court at full speed. His speed was not inferior to that of ordinary guards.

And George has been defending beside him, following Durant all the way to one meter beyond the three-point line.

At this time, Durant suddenly slammed on the brakes and pulled the ball back under his crotch.

Unable to react in time, George leaned forward and took two extra steps.

When he adjusted his center of gravity, Durant had already collected the ball and shot!

After the basketball left his fingertips, it spun at a high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

8: 0.

The start of the Thunder can be called a dream!

On the sidelines, Mark Jackson frowned slightly, hesitating whether to call a timeout.

After a battle between heaven and man, he chose to let the players on the field solve the problem by themselves.

And the person who solves the problem is naturally the absolute core of the rocket—McGrady!

After the offensive and defensive transition, t-mac fell directly to the low post and began to get stuck and ask for the ball.

Defending him is the Swiss Army Knife - Sefolosha.

Sefolosha knows that his talent is not as good as McGrady, so he desperately hopes to use physical confrontation to influence the latter's rhythm.

Before receiving the ball, he has been harassing McGrady with small movements.

The referee was standing not far from them, watching all the time.

I have to say that Sefolosha's control over the scale is very good.

Although he kept making small moves, he had no obvious foul moves.

In addition, McGrady responded flatly and did not make any complaints to the referee, so the referee did not whistle in the end.

Curry waited until Tracy McGrady was completely stuck before passing the ball.

After receiving the ball, McGrady shook his shoulder to the left, then quickly turned the ball to the right.

In an instant, Sefolosha was thrown away.

Not long after he made a defense, McGrady had already soared into the air!

The t-mac dances effortlessly, with the lightness of a cat.

But with such a light jump, the height reached was beyond Sefolosha's reach.

Even though the latter took off desperately, the height that his fingertips could reach was only McGrady's elbow.

"Shu~"

Basketball hollow into the net!

8:2, the Rockets finally opened!

After changing sides and fighting again, Westbrook charged into the Rockets penalty area.

He accelerated past Curry's defense and went straight to the basket.

But Yao Ming has been waiting in the restricted area for a long time.

Westbrook went forward without hesitation, took three big steps, and soared into the air, with only the basket in his eyes.

"Boom..."

With a muffled sound, the two collided in the air, like a train crashing into a city wall!

Westbrook was hit and lost his center of gravity, so he could only throw the ball casually.

The basketball hit half of the backboard indiscriminately, rebounding without even touching the basket.

But the referee's whistle sounded at this moment...

"Beep!"

Yao Ming blocked the foul!

After hearing the penalty, Dayao was shocked.

"Referee, I jumped vertically, and I'm in the reasonable collision zone, so it's impossible for me to foul!"

Yao Ming quickly explained.

The referee looked embarrassed.

Just now Westbrook's breakthrough was extremely fast, his sight was blocked by the Rockets, and then he saw Westbrook being bounced away...

So the referee didn't think much, and called a blocking foul.

But in this period, there is no "challenge" rule, and Yao Ming has no choice but to suffer from this dumb loss.

As Westbrook walked to the free throw line, the Toyota Center fans chanted in unison:

"referee. sucks!"

"referee. sucks!"

"referee. sucks!"

......

Listening to the boos all over the sky, Westbrook smiled slightly, took the basketball from the referee, and made two free throws steadily.

10:2, the Thunder continued to lead.

In the stands, Shen Fei watched the game calmly.

Thunder's opening three tricks were fierce, but he wasn't too worried.

Because of the previous few offenses, the Rockets actually created good opportunities.

It's a pity that Curry didn't feel good today, and he has already missed two must-have goals, which caused him to fall behind.

[You can’t miss the whole game, can you? ]

Shen Fei didn't believe it at all.

............

As the game progressed, Shen Fei had no choice but to believe it.

In the first quarter of the game, Curry played 7 minutes and took 5 shots in total, but all of them missed!

It can be said that this is the worst quarter he has played since joining the Rockets.

What's even more outrageous is that such a poor shooting percentage is not because of how well the Thunder defended him.

On the contrary, Westbrook often loses his mind when defending without the ball, giving Curry, who is good at running without the ball, many opportunities to make easy shots.

But those shots that Curry was sure of on weekdays were all rejected by the basket today!

When Mark Jackson replaced him, Curry kept his head down and shook his head.

On the contrary, Thunder Shuang Shao's touch tonight can be called fiery!

Durant made all of his first 4 shots.

Whether the defender in front of him is George, Griffin or McGrady, he has all kinds of ways to get the ball to the basket.

Although Westbrook hit less than [-]% of his shots, he used breakthroughs again and again to kill the Rockets' insiders.

Just after halfway through the first quarter, Yao Ming received his second foul and had to rest.

Afterwards, Oden, who went into battle, was fouled twice by Westbrook in less than 3 minutes.

The emperor stared innocently, and sadly walked back to the bench.

He also looked up at the scoreboard when he left the field - 20:29, the Rockets trailed by 9 points.

Oden scratched his head. Since he joined the Rockets, the team fell behind in the first quarter, which is definitely one of the few.

On the sidelines, Mark Jackson changed again.

With a big wave of his hand, he directly put out the "ultimate basketball lineup"-McGrady, George, Danny Green, Tucker, Big Ben!