super heavy artillery

Chapter 292

Chapter 292

The playoffs are indeed more difficult than the regular season.The intensity of the game is much greater, and more importantly, as the series progresses, the two warring parties will become more and more familiar with their opponents, and their responses will become more targeted.

An Luo received special care in this game.This can be seen from the fact that Hill would rather empty Westbrook than double-team Anlo with Ingles.However, they can be forgiven for doing so.Although Westbrook is very strong, he is not as efficient as An Luo.

Moreover, An Luo's two three-pointers in the second quarter made the Jazz make up their minds.

However, although the Jazz restricted An Luo, they did not block the impact of Oladipo and Westbrook.Without Gobert, they really don't have much to do with the assault of these two guys.

Donovan also caught the opponent's life, and beat him to death.At the beginning of the second half, he sent Westbrook, Oladipo and Grant up, and kept rushing into the Jazz penalty area.

This forced the Jazz into a very uncomfortable situation.The pressure on the defensive end is too much!The presence of An Luo made their line of defense quite long.As a result, the inside line was vacated.Once the inside line is empty, it is even more impossible to prevent the breakthroughs of Thunder and these guys!

This is called a chain reaction.Gobert's butterfly flapped its wings lightly, and for the Jazz it was a tsunami-like impact.

The defensive embarrassment caused the Jazz's offense to have problems.Although Favors was able to score some points on Grant, it was only a drop in the bucket and could not solve the big problem.

It took the Thunder less than 5 minutes to stop the Jazz with a wave of 16:6.

67:48

With Westbrook scoring two plus one, the advantage was further expanded to nearly 20 points!

Fans of the Chesapeake Energy Arena, the carnival has already begun.Many people have stood up from their seats and danced to the music.

This is indeed something worthy of their joy.Not only is their team leading now, but more importantly, this is the second game of the playoffs.Originally, they were satisfied with making the playoffs this season.Now there is a great chance to reach the Western Conference semifinals, and it is exciting to think about it.

Not only the fans, but even the Thunder players began to relax.Of course, except for An Luo.He has been running around for the past few minutes, and almost never got a chance to make a phone call.

An Luo must not be happy to be a war reporter all the time.Guys like Westbrook and Oladipo are getting more and more excited as he plays.So excited that Westbrook started shooting ultra-long three-pointers again!

As the saying goes: extreme joy begets sorrow.

Back from the timeout, Joe Johnson of the Jazz came back into battle.The Jazz were able to suppress the Thunder most of the time in the last game, which has a lot to do with this veteran.

In this game, the Eagle King also displayed his peak strength.The striker combination of him and Hayward is like an awl, piercing the Thunder's defense.And it just hit their weakest point.

Even though Donovan immediately withdrew Robertson to the three, Grant looked too young for Johnson.Relying on his personal ability, the latter continued to single-handedly beat Grant, slowly closing the score.

In the last half of this quarter, the two sides played the same kind of game many years ago.The battlefield of their exchange slowly shifted to the free throw line, and a hand-to-hand combat that is now rare began.

When Robertson was on the court, An Luo went down to rest.After all, the second quarter is full, and Donovan is not the kind of coach who only relies on a few players to play the game.Furthermore, during this period of time, he didn't have much room to play on the court, and the team's style of play was too different from his technical characteristics.If it weren't for his ability to involve the opponent's defense, Donovan would have let him down to rest.

An Luo, who was sitting on the bench, gasped heavily.In fact, he didn't consume too much energy on the offensive end.On the contrary, when defending Hayward, it was a bit hard.After all, if you are at a disadvantage in height, you need to be more focused and active.

But the effect is still good.In those 5 minutes, Hayward only took two shots and failed to make a shot.Of course, this military medal also gave Grant half of the points.He double-teamed in time and resolved several attacks from the opponent.

But this situation has changed with the adjustment of the Jazz and An Luo's fate.In the end it is the team that made the playoffs, there are really two brushes.

The Thunder's 19 points were wiped out by the opponent in the last few minutes.At the end of the third quarter, the Jazz were only 7 points behind them.

During the intermission, Donovan talked with Grant alone for a while.He actually has the potential to be a top defender.He has excellent height, wingspan and jumping, and is very flexible.It's a pity that the body is a bit thin and the confrontation is a bit poor.Several times, he was squeezed directly behind Johnson.

In addition to defense, Donovan also emphasized the cooperation between inside and outside players.In the third quarter, these guys went crazy, one by one holding the ball and rushing inside.While it worked, it lacked the explosive scoring they've always had.

Without the scoring support from outside the three-point line, once they are in a stalemate with the opponent, they will not be able to continue to open the score.So Donovan emphasized it, especially the cooperation of Westbrook, Adams and An Luo, which failed to play out in the entire third quarter.

In the last quarter, the Thunder returned to their usual style of play and stabilized the situation.Westbrook no longer hits the ground without thinking.He cooperated with Adams and the pick-and-roll, showing great power.You can layup by yourself, you can also drop the ball to Adams who is running down, and you can also pass the ball to An Luo who is outside the three-point line.The fault tolerance rate has increased a lot, and the offensive efficiency has naturally increased.

An Luo finally participated in the attack again.He kept running without the ball, and with the help of his teammates' cover, he got a lot of shots.

On the defensive end, he still reached the third position, but with the help of Robertson, the pressure was a lot less.Although Hayward and Joe Johnson are still scoring, the Thunder are not far behind in this regard.

In the end, the Thunder once again defeated the Jazz at their home court.This game looked easier than the previous one. Although there were slight twists and turns in the middle, judging from the score, they kept pressing each other.

After that, the Thunder's players will move to Utah City to play two consecutive games with the Jazz.For the Thunder, this is the real challenge.

(End of this chapter)