The Godfather of Basketball

The day after the party ended, Tang Tian raised the issue of positioning Westbrook at a regular meeting of the coaching staff.

Both Stevens and Wharton agreed, and two equally young coaches were also full of interest and curiosity about transforming Westbrook.

After the regular meeting, Tang Tian called Kidd and Harden to the office and talked to them about the change.

Both of them seemed a little excited, and the fact that they have the right to control the ball is an affirmation of their organizational ability.

Especially Harden.

At the beginning of the season, the coaching staff put Westbrook as the core of their tactics, and now he has won it through his own efforts.

A decision is made, followed by training.

Basketball games, aside from individual talents, are particularly outstanding. 20% of the performance on the court depends on playing on the field, and the remaining 80% are off-court training. This is the same as the exam in the student era.

Just because the Thunder lost to the Spurs, there was a rare four-day break, so you can take advantage of this period to train well.

The new style of play needs a transition. Westbrook can obviously feel uncomfortable when training, but Tang Tian and the coaching team constantly give him verbal encouragement and support.

Four days later, the Thunder arrived in Golden State to challenge the Warriors.

The Warriors traded Ellis out of the team last season, determined to use Stephen Curry as the core, and appointed Mark Jackson as the team's new coach, sweeping the image of shelling and chaos in the past. This season's trade came to Bogut, signed Under Landry, the selection of Barnes has improved significantly. He is currently ranked sixth in the west. After five years, he is very likely to return to the playoffs.

Although Oakland is not as famous as New York or Los Angeles, this city adjacent to San Francisco is one of the most economically developed areas in the United States. The basketball atmosphere here has also been very good. With the recovery of the Warriors, the ball market is also increasingly popular. .

Against the thundering thunder, the Oracle Arena that night was packed.

After the enthusiastic opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides appeared one after another.

On the Thunder side, Tang Tian sent a regular starting lineup with Westbrook and Kidd on the perimeter, Durant and Ibaka on the front and center Brown.

On the Warriors side, Curry and Thompson are on the outside, Harrison Barnes and David Lee on the front, and Bogut at the center.

In the cheers of the fans at the scene, Bogut jumped to win Ibaka and got the opportunity to lead the team.

Curry dribbled to the frontcourt, Bogut's high pick-and-roll, Curry misplaced to face Brown.

Mark Jackson's Warriors have very good defense, but the offense is relatively simple. After creating the misalignment, the other players all pulled away, creating singles space for Curry.

Curry shook his footsteps in a row and squeezed the ball past Brown to break the basket.

The weak side of Ibaka assisted the defense quickly and interfered directly. Curry's layup missed the basket and Ibaka received a defensive rebound.

Ibaka turned and handed the ball to Kidd, who dribbled to the front court.

Just then, the Thunder started to play the new tactics they trained in the past period.

Westbrook and Durant started to cut in from both sides, then looked for opportunities, or borrowed pick-and-rolls from Brown and Ibaka, or ran back to find open opportunities.

The Warriors players kept their eyes on their defenders. The pick-and-rolls were like desperately trying to block the Thunder's off-ball.

There were cheers at the scene.

This is what Mark Jackson built for this team, which was never a part of the Warriors' defense.

Kidd saw that he couldn't, and reached out to signal Durant to go straight to the three-point line. Durant came over. He passed the ball with one hand and then experienced Barnes stuck directly.

Durant grabbed a three-pointer from outside the space.

"Oh!"

Durant started off with a knife and came out first for the Thunder.

Looking back, Curry still held the ball, but this time the pick-and-roll man turned into David Lee. This time Curry went out after the ball, and then fed the ball to David Lee. Li Ya Westbrook turned and sent the ball to the hoop.

Curry's quick shot helped the Warriors play this dislocation.

The Thunder's offense is still Kidd's organization. This time Westbrook got a chance to make an empty cut. Kidd's hit on the earth was very beautiful. Westbrook took the layup and directly layup.

"People! Keep up with defenders!"

At this time, Mark Jackson was furious directly on the sidelines. What he could not tolerate was the performance of continuous scoring by opponents.

The Warriors had a high pick-and-roll opportunity in the frontcourt, this time it was Thompson against Ibaka, who drew the ball back to the three-point line.

However, Ibaka's defensive deterrent was very strong, and the jump shot blocked almost took Thompson's shot, and the ball was directly shot.

Kidd dribbled to the frontcourt and still played in the top circle.

The Warriors were roared by Mark Jackson for a while, and the defensive strength on the court was obviously up.

Westbrook reversed the run from the rim, Kidd threw a hand to pass the ball, but Westbrook matched the mistake and turned back to run the basket again, the ball went straight out of bounds.

The scene was given to Tang Tian. Tang Tian's expression did not change much.

This is the first game of a new tactic, and this kind of lapse due to tacit cooperation is acceptable.

For the Warriors offense, Curry borrowed a high pick-and-roll in the frontcourt to remove the three-point line, and shot it directly with a three-pointer.

At 5-5, the two teams tied for two minutes.

In the Thunder's frontcourt attack, Westbrook ran out of the three-pointer to receive the ball. After receiving the ball, Curry chased it in place. He instinctively chose to burst into the middle and wanted to pass. As a result, Curry cut the ball. , The Warriors hit a fast break, Thompson received the ball and scored the ball.

7-5, the Warriors overtake the score.

The cheering scene was astounding.

The strength of the Warriors is different from that of the Thunder. In the past games, they were all crushed. They did not expect the Thunder to suddenly change the game, but they took the initiative.

Tang Tian stood up from the sideline at this time, reminding Westbrook to choose a decisive attack. Www.readwn.com ~ Thunder team's frontcourt attack, Durant came out to receive Kidd's first pass and hit.

Westbrook also needs to adapt to this new style of play, but Durant, playing in this system is significantly more comfortable than before.

Here Curry scored a goal under the basket with a high pick-and-roll assist. Lee turned around and Kidd assisted Durant with an empty layup to score.

Thompson missed the outside and hit Brown with a three-pointer. Kidd passed the ball to Westbrook, who missed the outside three-pointer.

The Warriors are defensive at all, but they feel good tonight.

After the first quarter, the Warriors led the Thunder 30 to 21, and they played the best offense of the season. On the contrary, the Thunder did not play well on the offensive end.

Although Durant scored 11 points in 5 out of 6 efficiency, Westbrook's performance was a bit struggling. He shot 5 times in this quarter, only scored 1 goal, and also made 2 turnovers.