I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 498

Before the start of the game between the Clippers and the Thunder, at the pre-game preparation meeting, the Clippers coaching staff formulated a basic strategy and implemented a defensive strategy against Durant.

One is due to the consideration of this game, the Clippers need a victory to ensure their top two position in the Western Conference and gain home court advantage in the playoffs.

In the case of little difference in strength, the home field advantage can often determine the final result of the series.

The second is that the Clippers will conduct tactical experiments to see how well the three forward brothers defend Durant.

Anyway, when playing against the Thunder, targeted defense against Durant must be considered. This is a clear card. Whether you can win depends on whether you can contain the top scorer.

In the first quarter, the Clippers Paul George and Leonard played one after another, and the effect was quite good, allowing Durant to only score 4 points.

During the intermission, Durant was so angry that he threw a towel on the bench with a depressed expression on his face.

Obviously, neither Durant nor the Thunder are fully prepared for the Clippers' round-the-clock defense.

They thought it was just an encounter, and the home team was waiting for work. The two sides faced each other head-on, and the Thunder would not be afraid.

I didn't know that the Clippers were well-prepared, whether offensive or defensive, they pinched the Achilles' heel of the Thunder.

Defending Perkins and attacking Durant, as long as these two points are handled a little bit, the Thunder will have a very, very headache.

Two points being grasped at the same time will test Brooks' ability to adjust.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Brooks first replaced Perkins, and Collison was not used, but Muhammad was sent.

In Brooks' view, the team's strategy cannot be led by the Clippers.

The Clippers played a small lineup, and the Thunder followed suit with one big and four small?That would probably be played to death.

Therefore, Brooks still insisted on consolidating the team's inside line and further shrinking the defense.

Slowing down the pace of the game and slowing down, Eric Gordon on the backcourt, let Gordon start the mode of carrying explosives to the basket.

For the Clippers, Durant was not on board, and the three brothers sat on the bench to watch the show.

Harden came to the court to organize the team's offense, and Gordon and the two led the team to compete.

Harden's offensive organization ability is stronger, and he drives the whole team to attack together.

And Gordon mainly relies on his personal ability to attack by himself, attacking the basket with the ball continuously.

The Thunder team, which has the strength of the home court, has increased its defensive strength and constantly confronted with the body, leading the game to chaos and hand-to-hand combat.

This is the Thunder's advantage, Brooks hopes that the situation of the game can be disrupted, which is beneficial to both Westbrook and Durant.

Neither of these guys is the kind of player who plays the game neatly and with a single eye.

They are very good at winning in chaos, one uses speed and impact, and the other uses abnormal shooting accuracy.

Often when the opponent is in a mess, the thunder will rise, and a wild bombardment will knock the opponent into a circle.

Therefore, the more chaotic the situation, the more intense the confrontation, the less the role players will be able to play, and the more the superstar scene, the more favorable the Thunder will be, and the more Westbrook and Durant can determine the trend of the game.

All Brooks' tactical arrangements and on-the-spot scheduling are mainly carried out around this purpose.

From this point of view, Brooks and his teacher George Karl can be said to be in the same line.

The masterpieces of George Karl's career, the Seattle SuperSonics and the Denver Nuggets are both such chaotic passionate teams.

There is Kemp in the Sonics, Anthony in the Nuggets, and now Brooks has Durant in his hands, a scorer who is better than Kemp and Anthony.

While watching the situation on the field, Brooks said to Durant beside him: "In the first quarter, don't take it too seriously. Adjust your style of play later, attack the opponent more from the ribs, appropriately reduce holding the ball, and attack directly. The rim. Score more, put your mind on the rim, spot the rim, and put the ball in!"

Brooks is a very good coach, very suitable for a young team like the Thunder.

Durant, Westbrook, and Gordon are all players who focus on playing well.

From this point of view, the Thunder and the Clippers are quite similar. Everyone just plays well without too much trouble.

Brooks is the instructor of this young team. He not only arranges team tactics, but also gives young people psychological massage.

Durant is a player with a more sensitive personality and a deeper mind. Brooks knows this, so he has always paid attention to guiding Durant to adjust his mentality.

Durant has been in the league for many years, but still retains the habit of accepting post-game interviews with his schoolbag on his back, as if he hasn't really grown up yet.

Facing the coach's guidance, he nodded, accepted the coach's consolation humbly, and quickly adjusted his mentality.

At this time, Kevin Durant, born in 1988, was only 24 years old, very young.

If he successfully graduates from college and starts working instead of playing basketball, it will be his second year in society.

This year, there must still be many beautiful fantasies about the world, such as hard work will definitely pay off, loyalty is a good quality, and consistency is a beautiful story, etc.

Oklahoma City fans are very fond of this somewhat shy big boy, in the entire Oklahoma, he is almost the only sports superstar, the idol of the state.

After all, the Thunder are the only major sports league team in Oklahoma.

The NBA also took care of Durant very much. Nike signed him early and made him a big star.

Wherever he goes, he is treated like a star, and he is sure that he will win a championship one day.

If you have to say which year it is, it is best this year. It is definitely the most perfect script to defeat LeBron James and the Cavaliers in the finals, win the championship, and take off your second-in-a-millennium hat. .

At that time, he will bring the first professional sports championship trophy back to Oklahoma City and become a true basketball hero here.

What a wonderful basketball fairy tale, Durant uses this sweet goal to motivate himself every day.

In the west, the Clippers are the Thunder's number one thorn in the side, and there are three little pigs on the opposite side to cause trouble.

Although Paul George and Leonard are outstanding defensively, they are rookies after all. Durant is a veteran who has played for five years. How could the superstar scoring leader who started to get a maximum salary contract be easily locked by two rookies? Woolen cloth?

As Brooks said, in the second quarter, when the game entered a chaotic state, he seized the opportunity to attack in the ribs, and no one could stop him from scoring.

For him, scoring 30 points in a game is very easy.

The adjustment of the Thunder in the second quarter played a role.

Brooks' thinking is correct, he can't follow the rhythm of the Clippers and be led by the Clippers.

They have to play their own game, drag the game into chaos, and then Durant and Westbrook come on stage to reverse the situation.

Brookstedt added to the rest of Durant and Westbrook.

It wasn't until the first official timeout of the second quarter that Brooks patted Durant on the shoulder and signaled him to come on stage.

At this time, the score between the two sides was 38:35, and the Thunder had chased the point difference to 3 points.

The offensive efficiency of both sides is not high.

Harden returned to Oklahoma City tonight, and was targeted by his old teammates again.

Anyway, he played so-so, not as good as Gordon.

When the official timeout ended, Durant and Westbrook reappeared together.

On the Clippers side, the main force has not fully returned.

No way, the Clippers have a big rotation, and everyone's appearance time is relatively long.

Curry and George were still resting on the bench, but when they came to Durant, it was not George or Leonard who defended him, but another rookie, Butler.

Durant was a little angry in his heart.

Damn, send another rookie on me?
Do you look down on me, the league's leading scorer?
With such no cards, the second and first graders want to control me, a super scorer?

Compared with Leonard and George, Butler is not as good as the two in terms of physical fitness.

The height difference is not big, mainly because of the arm span. Butler's arms are obviously shorter than those of George and Leonard.

In defense, the wingspan is very critical. A longer arm will interfere with the opponent.

Butler's wingspan is shorter than that of George and Leonard, let alone comparable to the long-armed monster Durant.

When it comes to basketball, physical talent is really insurmountable. A height and a wingspan are things that cannot be changed and improved by training and hard work.

Otherwise, why do people always say that height is the greatest talent?

Otherwise, how could parallel importers like Thabeet enter the top three in the draft?
Now he can't survive in the league, and he can't even play as a substitute.

After Durant came on the field, he really caught the ball in the ribs, faced Butler with a pull-up jumper, and made a precise hit!

The Thunder chased the score to only 1 point.

Durant obviously didn't take Butler seriously.

George and Leonard are rookies at the top of the first round.

George has also shown great potential and can wrestle with the league's top small forwards.

Who is Butler?The player with the 30th pick in the first round is basically the same as the second-round pick.

And with this physical fitness, it is simply not enough to defend Durant.

Durant knew that he had to gradually regain his form in this quarter and reverse the momentum.

But Durant was in a daze, and Butler ran back and cut to the basket during the offense, and received a pass from Harden for a backhand layup!

This ball Durant was careless, this guy still has such a counter-run?
The Clippers' offensive space is wide open, and there will be opportunities to slip through the back door at any time, making it hard to guard against.

Durant immediately asked for the ball with his back on the ribs, caught the ball, dribbled, turned around, and Jin Rooster made a jumper independently.

Again!

Durant's height and wingspan combined with the golden rooster's independence and backwardness, unless Chamberlain is alive, otherwise the ball cannot be blocked, and whether he can make it depends on his own touch.

Butler, who failed to defend, remained silent, returned to the offense and attacked the basket again.

This time Durant was on guard, but Butler's air cut reverse run failed, but Harden directly took the ball to the basket and made a two-pointer.

The two sides began to enter an anxious tug-of-war in the second quarter.

The Thunder eagerly hope to overtake in order to reverse the unfavorable situation on the court.

And the Clippers seemed unhurried, and didn't seem to care much about the Thunder who were chasing after them.

Tyronn Lue observed Butler off the court and thought: "This guy is still a bit worse than George and Leonard in terms of talent, but he has a good attitude, trains hard, and plays very hard."

For players who work hard, Tyronn Lue never underestimates.

In the Clippers, this group of young players trained very, very hard.

I have to pick out the hardest one, one is Curry, and the other is Butler.

Of course, Jeremy Lin, George and others also have a lot of training.

But every time the last person to go is always Butler.

And Curry often starts small things, and he comes very early.

At this time, Butler faced Durant for the third time in the second quarter, still in the ribs.

Butler began to increase physical confrontation, constantly squeezing Durant's waist, making him unable to catch the ball comfortably.

After Durant got the ball, he pushed back twice to make room, dribbled, turned around and walked to the baseline!
But Butler predicted Durant's attack, he reached out for the ball and broke the ball in Durant's hand!

Durant was stolen for the second time today!
Because he lost his center of gravity and slipped, Durant fell to the ground and almost had a split.

Before the ball flew out of the baseline, Butler jumped out and smashed the ball on Durant's body and bounced out of bounds.

The Clippers have the ball!
With Durant's long legs, once he falls to the ground, he is like a giraffe, unable to stand up easily.

Asking two people to pull him up, Durant was expressionless, but obviously felt a little ashamed.

He complained to the referee, saying that Butler had fouled the ball, and he obviously made a push.

The referee shook his head, indicating that this was a normal defensive action.

Tonight's referee is Tony Brothers (Tony-brother). He has always listened to the league. He has whistled NBA games since the 1994-1995 season.

After Adam Silva took office, he used this Mesozoic black referee very much, and some important games were all enforced by him.

If the ball was placed in another game, the referee might have blown it, because Butler did make some pushing moves.

In a basketball game, how can the defense have no physical contact? It depends entirely on how the referee judges.

Durant is a superstar, and tonight is at the Thunder's home court. It is normal to call a defensive foul.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be ugly for Durant to be robbed like this and fall to a Malaysian party, which is not conducive to the league's maintenance of the image of a star.

But tonight's game is the focus of strength between the Clippers and the Thunder, but it is also Min Congda's comeback battle!

The referee almost went on strike because he was worried that Min Congda would come back to watch the game.

Adam Silva was sitting on the sidelines, how could it be possible to make a penalty that gave Min Congda a chance to attack?
Durant could only shake his head helplessly, and ran back to defend.

The Clippers launched a quick counterattack, and Harden suddenly made a long pass from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

Butler flashes past Durant, who is not focused enough, catches the ball and goes to the basket again.

Facing Perkins, the helicopter took off, and a two-handed dunk came!
Immediately afterwards, the referee blew his whistle and blew Perkins' defensive foul!

Two points count, and there will be an additional penalty!

The Thunder were booed at home.

A defensive foul was not called, and the Thunder came back and called a defensive foul.

Five points inside and out, the difference will be opened in an instant.

And Perkins is really pitiful. The last time he was dunked by George, George lost his confidence.

I was detained by Butler again tonight, and seeing Butler roaring passionately, he will also be activated?

Perkins is really a confidence pacemaker.

In the auditorium, Min Congda frowned and said to Silva: "This whistle is blowing, isn't it good?"

Silva said: "There is nothing wrong with it. It is fair and just. I believe in the professionalism of the referees."

Min Congda thought to himself, this shit is too fast for the Clippers!I'm going to curse!

But Silva thought, this guy Smart, isn't he satisfied with being so partial?It can't be too ugly, can it?
(End of this chapter)