Almighty Athlete Chapter 14: Win the Thunder again
Zhang Guan's super triple double shocked the entire NBA. At this time, everyone suddenly discovered that Zhang Guan not only scored, he can also pass like a point guard, help his opponent score, and even grab a dozen rebounds.
There is no shortage of scorers in the NBA. If there are enough ball rights and enough playing time, many role players can easily get 20-30. Some "wave pitcher" players can even get 40.30. High score. But in the NBA, there are very few players who can help teammates score.
Before that, many people in the league positioned Zhang Guan as a super scorer who is good at scoring. It exists like Kobe. After this game, people realized that Zhang Guan is more terrible than expected. . It turns out that everyone just needs to be able to limit the score of Zhang Guan and everything will be fine, but now it seems that it is not enough to limit the score of Zhang Guan, but also to limit the passing of Zhang Guan. And this is basically an impossible task, no player has this ability.
And the most headache is obviously the opponents in Los Angeles, they do not know what method to use to defend Zhang Guan.
On March 7, local time in the United States, the Lakers came to Denver on the Colorado Plateau to challenge the Nuggets away.
The final score was the Lakers with 12 points, 126 to 114 victory over the Nuggets.
This Nuggets team lacks the ability to score inside. They mainly rely on Lawson. As long as Lawson is restricted, the Nuggets will be scrapped by more than half. Lawson is also a kind of player with insufficient stability. When the state is good, it is like a tiger, and all kinds of large double-double brushes fly; when the state is not good, it is like a dog, except for selling cute. This kind of player meets that kind of tough defender, basically can only eat deflated.
The Nuggets away game can only be regarded as an appetizer for the Lakers. After returning to the home court, the Lakers are really facing a real challenge. The next four games, the Thunder and the Spurs!
Before visiting Los Angeles, the Thunder had just lost to the Phoenix Suns, and the Western Conference rankings were also surpassed by the Spurs, becoming the second in the Western Conference. However, they have more games ahead of the third-place Clippers. As far as the current situation is concerned, it is impossible to fall out of the top two.
In terms of team members, Wei Shao came back from injury, and his condition is still very good. In recent games, he has turned into a "three double men". But the Thunder center Perkins and the post Sovrosa were injured. The Thunder can only let first-year freshman Adams replace Perkins and appear in the center position.
In the eyes of future generations, Adams is a very good inside player, definitely taking the position, but now Adams is much younger. In the Thunder's inside, veteran Collison and last rookie Perry-Jones, want Adams to get more performance opportunities.
Perry Jones occupies another position, which is also the new lineup of the Thunder coach Scott Brooks after Soflosa’s injury. He let Perry Jones partner Adams as the inside, Iba. Card played as a small forward, while Durant played as a shooting guard. At present, this lineup has played a total of three games, the Thunder record is two wins and one loss.
The Thunder is a tall lineup. Adams is 2.13, Perry Jones is 2.11, Ibaka is 2.08, and Durant’s true height is not much to say.
The Lakers are still a big and four small lineup, except for Gasol, the other four are all small.
It turns out that the Thunder team failed.
The popular trend of the NBA league is to play small balls. There must be a certain reason. The future NBA is the prevalence of small ball styles. The rhythm of offense and defense conversion is getting faster and faster, and more and more three-pointers are throwing. The last group of big men will not shoot three-points when running slowly.
The change of coach Brooks has had the opposite effect. Perry Jones, a player with excellent sports talent, is better, and Adams has only to return to run.
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Wei Shao’s shooting rate is relatively average today, and he only hit one of four three-pointers. However, in terms of defense, Wei Shao is still very hard, especially when he is facing Zhang Guan.
Since the shooting rate is not high, Wei Shao simply turned into Beverly, and all scoring and assists are no longer needed, that is, he is desperately entangled with Zhang Guan. No matter whether Zhang Guan takes the ball, Wei Shao will pounce.
"Come on! With me there, no matter if you are a breakthrough or a three-pointer, you never want to score easily! I was not the Westbrook from four years ago!" Westbrook was extremely focused and did not want to give Zhang Guan Any chance to score.
"Whoosh!" Zhang Guan passed the ball to the basket.
As soon as Gasol took the ball, he faked it, and then passed around Adams, then layup directly. The energetic Perry Jones rushed over and was directly an unreasonable foul.
"Beep!" The whistle sounded and the ball was scored with a penalty.
Durant shook his head rather helplessly, and Adams was still too tender compared to the sly Gasol.
Wai Shao was looking at Zhang Guan unwillingly. He thought that Zhang Guan would play one-on-one singles like the Turkish World Championship four years ago, but he didn't expect Zhang Guan to pass the ball directly.
The Thunder attacked, Ibaka hit a shot, and when Zhang Guan held the ball again, Wei Shao rushed again.
Zhang Guan made a breakthrough fake move, and then passed the ball to Gasol and swiped an assist.
"Pass again! Zhang Guan is completely different from four years ago, Zhang Guan four years ago is a scoring machine, he rarely passes, and now Zhang Guan, pass pass addiction?" Wei Shao Secretly thought.
In the World Championships four years ago, Zhang Guan had few trusted teammates at all. Instead of passing the ball, he had a higher chance of shooting. Now it’s different. This is the NBA. Even the poorest players are stronger than the national team. Not to mention the stars such as Gasol and the excellent roles of Meeks and Nezmore. Player.
And nowadays, the Thunder’s Adams is obviously a loophole on the field. Of course, Zhang Guan will not miss this good opportunity.
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Wei Shao has been entangled with Zhang Guan throughout the game, and the Thunder's offensive and organizational responsibility fell to Durant.
Durant's shooting percentage can only be considered qualified, but the free throw hand feels bad. He made 8 of 19 shots, 7 of 11 free throws, scored 27 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, a triple-double data.
Ibaka also scored 21 points and 8 rebounds. In addition, the Thunder scored the most on the bench, Reggie Jackson. As for Wei Shao, he has been entangled with Zhang Guan, barely talking about scoring and assists. Instead, he rebounded 10 and got the highest Thunder team.
In terms of the Lakers, Gasol made a double-double with 30 points and 11 rebounds. Meeks made 4 of 6 3-pointers from the field, and his 10 free throws made 10 free throws. He also scored 28 points. Bezmore once again played the role of bench bandit. Zhang Guan only scored 18 points today, but contributed 15 assists, which is considered standard point guard data.
In the end, the Thunder lost 106 to 114 to the Lakers. The Lakers continued their winning streak, and the Thunder ushered in a two-game losing streak.
The main reason for the Thunder’s defeat in this game is not the players. The biggest black pot should be head coach Brooks. In the trend of small **** gradually prevailing, facing another running master like D'Antoni, Brooks made these four big and one small lineups, and was naturally exploded by one big four.
Wei Shao devoted his full attention to Zhang Guan. This is no problem. Wei Shao’s defense is as strong as his offense; Durant works alone for two people. This is no problem. He already has this ability.
There was no problem with Adams appearing at the center. Adams is a good insider. What he owes is some experience. The young Adams must not be able to stop Gasol~IndoMTL.com~It needs some help. . Ibaka is a good candidate.
Ibaka can be regarded as the inner pillar of the Thunder. At that time, the Thunder even gave up Harden in order to renew the contract of Ibaka, which is enough to reflect the value of Ibaka to the Thunder. Today, Brooks coach used a faint trick. Instead of letting Ibaka partner Adams, he chose Perry Jones. Perhaps in the eyes of coach Brooks, Adams and Jones, one tall and strong, the other with excellent athletic ability, just happen to complement each other.
But the final result is that Adams and Jones have become the burden of the Thunder, completely slinged by Gasol, can not play its due role. Although Gasol has always been said to be a soft egg, but whether it is experience, golfer or consciousness, they are top-notch. Perhaps in the face of that tough inside, they are really not too dare to be positive, but it is more than enough to bully the newcomers , Especially the first-year freshman like Adams, is also a white player, the most appetite for Gasol.
After the game, many sports commentators also believed that the formation of coach Brooks was a faint move, but fortunately the Thunder's record is good enough, and they have the opportunity to try a new lineup.
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Although the Lakers won the game, the whole team knew that it was only the first round of the two sides. This time it was the Lakers’ home, but in the next game, the Lakers will go to the Thunder’s home and continue A second round contest with the Thunder.
On March 13, local time in the United States, the Lakers came to Oklahoma City to challenge the Thunder away.
This time, coach Brooks finally did not continue to cling to his "four big and one small" lineup, he chose to change, Perry Jones returned to the bench. (To be continued., Your support is my biggest motivation.) 17-02-1308:51:37