rpbooks Chapter 561 It's time to catch up
Chapter 561 It's time to catch up
Chapter 561 It's time to catch up
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The Thunder's changes in the third quarter gave them a certain lead.However, this does not mean that they will definitely win the game.In this era, the pace of the game is getting faster and faster. If you don't pay attention, the opponent can catch up in a very short time.The Warriors happen to be the best team in the league to do such things.
However, in this game, the Thunder did not give the opponent a chance.They will never allow anyone to mess with themselves on such a special night for Oklahoma.Therefore, Donovan directly sent all of his starting lineup to the court.Even if some of them played the entire third quarter.It's an attitude, a winning attitude.
"It seems that the Warriors don't have much chance! The Thunder are all the main players!"
"That's right! Judging from last season's regular season, the Thunder's core players didn't play much, basically around 30 minutes. But today, Russell, Paul, and Ann have all played 30 minutes. Minutes. You know, the game has only played three quarters. Donovan is not a head coach who likes to squeeze the main players, but this arrangement shows that he is still quite afraid of the Warriors."
"The opening game is of great significance to the defending champions. Last year, the Warriors lost their opening game. The night that should have been the championship was robbed by the Rockets. In that game, the Warriors also led by more than ten It was overturned by the opponent when the score was scored. It is estimated that Donovan also watched the video of that game, so he was very cautious."
As soon as the players from both sides came out, everyone started talking.On the Warriors' side, Durant didn't rest either.He also played the full 12 minutes of the third quarter.When Curry was constrained by fouls and Thompson was surrounded by the Thunder, he carried the Warriors' offense.Although the point difference was still opened by the Thunder, he had tried his best.After all, what he faces at any time is the defense of Paul George and Robertson.In many cases, Adams will also double-team.
After Iguodala replaced Jones, the Warriors suddenly returned to what they were three years ago.At that time, Green acted as the point guard, Curry Thompson shot a three-pointer at any time, Barnes and Iguodala were ready to go down at any time, and once the backcourt grabbed a rebound, it would be a stormy counterattack.Durant replaced Barnes, which is a huge improvement.However, Iguodala is a few years older.
The Warriors' death five did cause some trouble for the Thunder.But their strong wave was not able to play out.In terms of mobility, the Thunder can't lose to any team.Moreover, they are best at chaotic warfare, and how to defend in chaotic warfare.More importantly, the Thunder played cautiously and patiently enough on the offensive end.In the last quarter of the game, they did not give the Warriors too many opportunities to play defensive counterattacks.Moreover, every time the opponent is about to rise, someone from the Thunder can always stand up and stabilize the situation on the field.In the end, the Thunder defended the victory.They defeated the Warriors with a score of 128:119 at their home court and made a good start to the new season.
For the Thunder, this night was quite perfect.After the game, Westbrook, on behalf of all Thunder players, released the goal of this season to the media, which is to defend the title.In his words: Our goal is the same every season.This point will not change because we won the championship last season.
With the momentum of defeating the Warriors, the Thunder defeated the Los Angeles Clippers and the Sacramento Kings successively.Achieved the first three-game winning streak of the new season.However, for the Thunder, these two teams deserved to win.
On October 10, the Thunder visited the Staples Arena and opened their first away game of the season.The Clippers have been completely reinvented.As a result of last season's operation, Chris Paul, Griffin, and Jordan Jr. were all sent away by West.Judging from the layout, no particularly high-quality players have been obtained.Harris and Gallinari are barely considered stars, and then Lu Wei, Beverly, Bradley and so on.No matter how you look at it, it's all bad.Of course, this series of operations freed up salary space.Maybe next summer there will be a series of big moves.
I thought it would be easy to pass the test, but what I didn't expect was that such a Clippers actually made the Thunder break out in a cold sweat.
The start was a wave of 15:0 offensive climax.Gallinari turned into an Italian cannon and scored three three-pointers in 2 minutes.Harris was not to be outdone, and went to the inside and played hard.Directly let Donovan surrender the timeout.However, after returning from the timeout, the Thunder finally found their offensive state.After An Luo and Paul George teamed up to retaliate against each other with a wave of 13:0, the two sides fell into a stalemate.And this situation continued until the last quarter.An Luo returned to the field with 5 minutes left in the game.At this time, the score between the two sides was 104:103, and the Thunder only led by 1 point.Under such a situation, An Luo made a strong three-pointer from outside the three-point line, which suddenly extended the advantage to double digits.Subsequently, the Clippers launched a counterattack led by Harris, but the Thunder maintained their advantage until the end of the game.
In this game, An Luo became the brightest star.He scored 38 points with extremely high efficiency, the highest in the team.Just made 8 three-pointers!But everyone is not surprised.In the last game against the Warriors, he also scored a team-high 32 points.Of course, comparing Westbrook and Paul George, both the number of shots and points are higher than the same period last season.It's not that Donovan's tactics have changed.The root cause of all this lies in the change of league rules.
Since this season, the time for the second attack has been reduced to 14 seconds, the defensive end cannot be oppressed, and off-ball fouls have become the target of severe punishment.These two changes have greatly benefited off-ball three-point shooters like An Luo.Simply put, he took more shots.And, when running without the ball, the shoving and pulling that hindered his movement disappeared.If An Luo is an individual who benefits from the rule changes, then a team like the Thunder is a group that benefits from the rule changes.With less time for the second attack, there have been more hasty shots.This also provides the Thunder with a lot of opportunities for defensive counterattacks.And in the process of counterattacking the fast break, the defensive pressure received by the players will be much reduced, and the success rate of the fast break will be greatly increased.
Generally speaking, whether it is Thunder or An Luo, it is time to catch up.
(End of this chapter)