roccoschili Chapter 918 1 Person 1 City
Chapter 918 1 Person 1 City
Chapter 918
Kanter's personal offense is indeed better than Duck's. He is also among the top centers in the entire NBA league.His problem has actually been not offense, but defense.As a big center with a height of 211cm and a weight close to 120kg, he has complete low-post skills.
If you only talk about low-post offensive ability, Kanter is enough to occupy his own position in the league.But his defense is really bad.You can say that because of the small ball era, because of the problems of speed and agility, he seems to have insufficient energy to defend the opponent's small players in misplaced positions. Then when he defends the opponent's big players, his poor defensive efficiency cannot reasons are explained.
The real reason for being targeted by the times is a center like Warcraft who has proven his strength on the defensive end before.
In the NBA, perimeter players are poor defensively. As long as the offense is good, they can still become superstars, such as Nash and Irving.Because the outside line was passed, there were strikers and inside players to wipe their buttocks.But inside players, especially centers, if they have poor defense, it is really difficult to become the starter of a strong team, because no one will wipe his ass, and he has to wipe it himself.
Offensive kaleidoscope, defensive ten thousand stabs, such inside players, the most suitable for them is the substitute.The opposite side of the substitute lineup is relatively weaker, and they come up to do it and attack. This is also the positioning of those sixth players who are strong in offense and weak in defense.
Here the 76ers attack, Prime Minister Sa forcefully eats Patterson and then divides the air-cut Simmons!
Simmons went straight to the layup, and Kanter, who was on the edge of the penalty area, didn't even reach out!
Westbrook immediately became a little unhappy. You are so big, even if you can't defend yourself, you can still foul the last time, right?Isn't it more cost-effective to let Simmons, who is less than 7% of his free throws, take free throws than let him get two points directly?You don't even reach out, what is that?
At 15:15, the two sides continued to draw!
Wang Zixing sighed: "Kanter's defensive attitude and willingness are a bit problematic! He is in the position of assisting defense for this ball, and he should assist in defending. The teammates he defends will help him defend."
Su Qun explained: "This is why Kanter can't replace Adams in the starting lineup. His defense is too bad, his attitude is also bad, his movements are slow, and sometimes he can't even protect the backcourt rebounds. Zixing I don't know if you have I didn’t find out that whether it’s Kanter or Love, they have very few fouls. It’s not how good or how standard their defense is. In fact, they always play defense. Helping defense. They have fewer fouls this way, so they don’t have to worry about being forced to be on the bench because of foul problems.”
Wang Zixing seemed to understand instantly: "Mr. Su, don't tell me it's true. Love rarely fouls. He rarely tries to block shots, and he always grabs rebounds first."
Su Qun said with a smile: "Da Baibian's situation is similar to that of Cantor Love. He is also a stat maniac. He likes to block shots, so sometimes he can prevent the opponent from cutting in early, but he is willing to let the opponent take off and then block the shot. In fact, the real defense A good insider doesn’t necessarily have to be the leader in blocks or rebounds. Like Big Ben and Howard, it’s really rare.”
The 76ers made an offensive mistake, the ball went out of the sideline, and the ball was dead.
The Thunder made personnel adjustments. Xie Kai and Paojiao left the field, and Robertson and Abrines entered the field.This is their regular personnel rotation, and the first adjustment will be made when the first quarter is about halfway through.
Xie Kai and Paojiao went off the court, and the Thunder's offense had problems.Neither Abrines nor Robertson can create opportunities for themselves by holding the ball, so the team's offensive pressure is almost entirely on Westbrook and Kanter.
The 76ers have Dadi and Prime Minister Sa on the inside, and they selectively emptied Robertson's 3-pointers, so they have abundant resources to limit Kanter.
But conversely, it is a bit troublesome for the Thunder to restrict their opponents.Kanter can't stop the emperor with one defense and one defense, and Patterson can't stop Prime Minister Sa, so they can only choose to give priority to protecting the inside line.In this way, the 76ers have more opportunities on the outside.
The Thunder fell into a passive state across the board, and Westbrook was forced to use force to keep the team alive again and again.
By the time they came back with 2 minutes and 43 seconds left in the first quarter, the Thunder were already 23 points behind at 29:6.Although Kanter doesn't like to foul, but the opponent keeps attacking the inside line again and again, and he comes at him again and again. He can't say that he should let others play, so he has committed two fouls.
Kanter went down, too... replaced by veteran Nick Collison, who was about to become the team's mascot.
Collison is also a rookie in the 03 class, but James and others are too bright, and not many people pay attention to him.He was also a lottery pick at the time. He was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 12th overall pick in the first round and entered the NBA.He has been conscientious and conscientious, and has always been in Thunderclap. He can be regarded as one of the representatives of "one person, one city".More than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and it is reported that he will retire after this season.
The Thunder also gave him full respect, and did not trade him because he was out of form. Team leader Westbrook and others also respect him very much.
After all, he is already a 37-year-old veteran. How much fuel is in Collison's fuel tank is not so important anymore. The team needs him. He is part of the team culture and the leader of the locker room. That's enough.
Wang Zixing said: "The Thunder have always been a strong team inside, and today they encountered a situation where veteran Collison came to the rescue."
Su Qun said with a smile: "Embiid's ability to draw fouls is really good. The 76ers attacked the Thunder's inside line too fiercely. Even Kanter committed two fouls. One can imagine how hard the opponent targeted."
Both sides are changing players. The Thunder's five players are Xie Kai, Robertson, Pickle, Grant and Collison who replaced Kanter.
The 76ers have five players on the field at this time: Jared Bayless, Trevor Booker, Richaun Holmes, TJ McConnell and Amir Johnson.
Although the 76ers' second team does not have a big man over 2cm, whether it is Booker, Holmes, or Amir Johnson, they all focus on inside offense.So this also puts the Thunder's second lineup to the test.
At the end of the first quarter, because everyone had already entered the state of fouling and free throws, the game between the two sides was intermittent, because there were always fouls, and the game also entered the link of free throws.
At the end of the first quarter, the away Thunder team trailed by 28 points at 35:7!
Xie Kai performed well in the first quarter, scoring 10 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.
Section 2 started soon.
Xie Kai slowly dribbled over, and Bayless was defending him.
Bayless was also a popular guard in the 08 class, and he was also a lottery pick, but his development was not smooth, and he moved to many teams and became one of the league's wandering players.
(End of this chapter)