rpbooks Chapter 362 The score is approaching
Chapter 362 The score is approaching
Chapter 362 The score is approaching
Xu Tian's defense is not known for its sense of speed, but relies more on physical confrontation and interference with the rhythm of dribbling to achieve defensive goals.To break Xu Tian's defense, one must use unsolvable speed.
Westbrook heard Billy Donovan talk about this, and now facing Xu Tian, he can just try it out and see if it works.
Xu Tian's center of gravity has dropped quite low, maintaining stronger mobility and confrontation, and preparing for the impact of Westbrook.
Westbrook can be regarded as the most explosive point guard, which is not unrelated to his super explosive power. He dribbles straight up and accelerates, instantly bursting his leg strength and quickly getting rid of Xu Tian's defense.
Xu Tian followed behind, judging in advance how Westbrook wanted to end the attack, and moved his legs quickly without being pulled away.
Westbrook received the ball with his right hand and took off with both legs, as if riding a lift, and quickly jumped to a height high enough to complete a dunk.
Xu Tian rushed out from behind, patted Westbrook's hand holding the ball with his right hand, and blocked the attack with a thug foul.
Some players are full of passion on the field. Every time they score a goal, they may mobilize the emotions of fans and teammates. It is not as simple as just losing two points.Westbrook belongs to this category. If he is allowed to complete the dunk, the momentum of the Lakers' hard work will be broken.
The referee blew Xu Tian's shooting foul, sent Westbrook to the free throw line, and executed two free throws.
Westbrook took deep breaths continuously, calmed down his mood and breathing rhythm, and easily shot free throws.
One of two free throws, 85-95!
Xu Tian received the serve, faced Robertson's tight defense, dribbled the ball behind his back, and came to the frontcourt in eight seconds.
Josh Smith quickly ran to the top of the arc, prepared his position in advance, and helped Xu Tian slightly delay Robertson's defense.
With the help of Josh Smith's cover, Xu Tian broke through in a straight line, attracting the Thunder's three defensive attention.When the defense came to the front, he immediately distributed the ball and passed it to Clarkson who was standing in the left corner.
Clarkson played far beyond his usual level in this game, catching the ball without adjusting, and confidently shooting!
Three Points!
88-95, 6 minutes and 16 seconds!
With this assist, Xu Tian's personal assists reached 15 times.
Barkley noticed this and said: "Xu's assists have accumulated to 15 times. Before the end of the game, he is expected to hit his personal assist record in a single game."
Kenny Smith said: "Xu is a player who pursues victory, and he will not deliberately use his presence for certain statistics, but if the Thunder still insists on double-teaming him, it may really break his personal assist record."
Westbrook controlled the offensive ball, dribbled across the top of the arc, and looked for a straight-line breakthrough again.This time, Xu Tian took half a step, which caused Westbrook to fail to complete the breakthrough.
The two confronted slightly, Westbrook dribbled back, and then looked for offensive opportunities at the top of the arc.
Durant has been grabbing the position for a long time, looking at Westbrook who is blindly doing it alone, he jumped anxiously.It's a pity that he has never been the kind of leader with prestige. He really can't suppress the hot-tempered Westbrook, and he can't get the ball.
After three failed attempts, Westbrook made an emergency stop and made a three-pointer against Xu Tian's defense.
Xu Tian's defensive interference with shooting was extremely large, and the tip of his right finger touched the basketball to complete a block.
Durant picked up the basketball that fell halfway, and before he could finish his shot, the 24-second shot clock was over.He looked at the red lights around the backboard and couldn't help feeling angry.
Westbrook didn't respond, and retreated to the backcourt with a calm expression, standing inside the three-point line on the right, ready to defend Kobe.
Durant was worried about the offensive round just now, and decided to express his heart: "Russell, I have already grabbed the position, why didn't I pass the ball over at the first time?"
Westbrook still needs to defend, and simply replied: "I didn't see you." After finishing speaking, he immediately ran to the distance with Kobe who was running.
Durant had no choice but to turn around and continue to mark the responsible Clarkson, turning the matter over.
Xu Tian dribbled the ball laterally at the top of the arc, facing Robertson and Ibaka's pincer defense, and passed it to Kobe without any pause.
Bryant was facing Westbrook, using a shot fake to hit the latter, breaking into the three-point line, and before the Thunder's supplementary defense was in place, he made an emergency stop and made a mid-range shot.
The basketball flies into the air, then hops a few times over the rim and falls into the net!
90-95, 5 minutes and 35 seconds!
Billy Donovan saw that the offensive and defensive tactics were not working, so he called a timeout again, and then made adjustments.
Xu Tian sat on the cushioned seat, wiped off the sweat on his face with a towel, and listened quietly to Scott's tactical arrangements.
Scott said to George: "Paul, you will be responsible for defending Kevin Durant in the next time, maintain a good physical confrontation, and don't let him feel relaxed for a moment. If you have the ability, try to limit him from receiving the ball and let him His mental defenses were broken."
Kobe said: "Xu, don't take part in the targeting of Durant, try to limit Russell Westbrook. If the Thunder weakens your defensive strength, show some real skills and directly defeat them."
Thunder here.Billy Donovan squatted in front of the bench, laying out tactics with a tactical board in his hand, speaking calmly as if the score had nothing to do with him.
Such a scene reminded Durant of Scott Brooks.Although Scott Brooks failed to lead them to the championship, the words about hard work were deeply engraved in his mind.He thinks coaches should be like that, not as cold as Billy Donovan.
Billy Donovan decided that the inside advantage should be used to open up the situation, and he did not design tactics for Durant, asking him to try his best to find offensive opportunities and help his teammates open up space.
Durant is the four-time scoring champion, so he is not particularly satisfied with this kind of treatment, but the outside world thinks he is a good boy who likes to carry a schoolbag, so it is not easy to get angry.
The Thunder served the ball in the backcourt, and Westbrook brought it to the frontcourt, watching the Lakers' defense from the top of the arc.
George is the player with the most intense confrontation on the defensive end. The purpose is to make Westbrook distinguish and not give him the opportunity to pass the ball to Durant.
Westbrook didn't think too much, hit the ground with his left hand, and passed it to Ibaka, who was about to reach the penalty area.
Ibaka is good at mid-range shooting, and his post-up singles ability is not outstanding. Even in the face of Josh Smith, he did not perform as he should.
Xu Tian was very active on the defensive end. He gave up his defense against Westbrook and quickly pinched Ibaka who was holding the ball.
Ibaka's passing ability is far inferior to that of a defender. He wanted to pass back to Westbrook at the top of the arc, but unfortunately he was too strong and passed directly back to the backcourt.
Durant watched the ball roll out of the baseline, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted at Westbrook: "Russell, pass me the damn ball!"
Westbrook didn't expect Durant to have such a big reaction, he didn't react for a while, and he froze in place.
(End of this chapter)