roccoschili Chapter 1182 Durant's Nemesis
Chapter 1182 Durant's Nemesis
Chapter 1182 Durant's Nemesis
On January 12, the competition begins.
Before the game, the two sides announced the starting lineup.
Suns: Li Ba, Ah Lian, Ray Allen, Carter, Nash.
Thunder: Serge Ibaka, Jeff Green, Durant, Sefolosha, Westbrook.
In this game, Ginobili took a break.
Li Ba wins the jump ball and the Suns attack.
The Thunder's two insiders are both small. Ibaka is the same height as Li Ba, Jeff Green is two centimeters behind, and the tonnage is also smaller. Li Ba has no scruples, forcibly squeezed Green away, and went straight to the basket.
The Thunder did not adopt double-teaming tactics, because Li Ba's passing and assisting abilities are too strong, and the Suns' outside veterans are getting better now, and they can't play at all. Once Li Ba is double-teamed, there may be more than one open space on the outside. Chance.
Nash passed the ball, Li Ba caught the ball and arched his back, then his body exploded, and Jeff Green was dunked on the first ball.
"The Thunder's main center, Krstic, is injured and truce. Green, a forward, can't stand the attack of the hammer at the basket. Today, the Thunder's paint area will be directly blasted to pieces by the hammer." Barkley shouted.
"Krstic is just an ordinary main player. He averages [-] per game and his defense is weak. He also can't help the hammer, and he will be blasted to pieces." Kenny Smith said.
Barkley said with a smile: "For the Thunder to win, Durant must explode. No one can stop him at the third position of the Suns. He is in front of the third position of the Suns, and the hammer is in the paint area of the Thunder. It is unsolvable."
Thunder attack.
Li Ba did not defend Green, but defended in front of Durant.
Durant saw Li Ba approaching, he was his nemesis, he couldn't help but staggered, almost knocked to the floor.
"Ha, the Hammers don't want to be in the paint. He switched to guard Durant? Then the Suns need to make a substitution and get another insider. Otherwise, Westbrook, Green, and Ibaka will blow up the Suns' basket." Barker Lee shouted.
At this time, Westbrook reached the basket with the ball, as if he was in no man's land, he dunked successfully, and caused a foul by the UAE who returned to the basket.
Before the free throw, Payton called Haslem, and Carter went off.
On the defensive end, the Suns' inside substitutes, that is, Haslem is reliable, and the others, including the Polish Hammers, are not very good.
The Suns attacked, and Li Ba mainly attacked the basket, but the Thunder still did not double-team, allowing him to blow up Green.
Looking back, Westbrook still broke through Nash with the ball and entered the paint.
This time he was double-teamed by Haslem and UAE, and the ball was sent to Durant, who was intercepted by Li Ba.
Li Ba took advantage of the situation and played a fast break from the outside line, dunking a goal.
6:2, the Suns lead away.
The Thunder attacked, Durant ran back continuously, and finally dropped Li Ba.
But just as Westbrook passed the ball, Li Ba emerged from behind Durant, successfully stole the ball again, and then played an outside fast break.
8:2, the Suns lead.
"After three seasons of training, Durant's offense on the perimeter has become more and more incomprehensible, but he was really defeated by the hammer." Zhang Lili laughed.
Xu Jicheng said: "The Hammer switches positions to defend against Durant. Now as long as the inside line can withstand the impact of Westbrook, this game will be fine."
"Yes, the hammer can explode the Thunder on the offensive end, and then prevent the Thunder's first scoring point." Yu Jia added.
After a few more rounds, the Thunder couldn't take it anymore in the 6th minute. Li Ba was completely free and easy at the basket, and Green couldn't defend at all. He committed three fouls in half a quarter. Six offenders graduated.
The Thunder began to double-team Li Ba and let Ah Lian go.
Then Li Ba scored the ball in time, and Ah Lian made [-] of [-] shots, which also gave the Thunder a headache and couldn't handle it.
But on the whole, double-teaming would be better, after all, Li Ba's damage at the basket was too great.
In the 8th minute of the first quarter, the Suns replaced Alian, Ray Allen, and Nash with Polish Hammers, Hill, and Carter, and Li Ba went to the No. [-] position.
This time, Durant was liberated.
Durant was very excited. After running to the frontcourt, he ignored Hill who was defending him and looked at Westbrook.
In the backcourt, Li Ba defended in front of Westbrook, making steals from time to time. With his stealing ability, Westbrook only felt very nervous and was afraid of being intercepted, so he moved eastward and westward, advancing very slowly.
Li Ba's position is on the left wing, because Durant is on the left wing, and he wants to completely block the passing and receiving routes here, so that Durant has little chance to get the ball.
This is his confidence in the No. [-] position. By defending the ball holder, he can limit Durant.
He has locking skills, so that no matter how Durant moves behind him, he can "see" and then move in time to cut off the route.
With his height, wingspan, tonnage, and superb defensive skills, he began to push Westbrook to the right wing, further away from Durant on the left wing.
"Russell!"
The ball couldn't pass, Durant was in a hurry and shouted.
Although he takes the most shots, the boss of the team is Westbrook, and the ball is not in his hands. This is one of his weaknesses. If you want to make a shot, you must get the ball first.
Westbrook was forced by Li Ba to face the right wing to protect the ball. Hearing Durant's shout, he had to turn right, took a step outside, and then passed the ball.
But at this moment, Li Ba moved to the right very quickly, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and broke the ball.
Another mistake?Westbrook jumped.
He rushed forward to snatch it back, but when Li Ba stretched out his left arm, he was blocked from the outside, and then began to come down quickly.
Barkley praised: "The Hammer's defense is really too strong. Even if Durant is not matched, he can still use other methods to achieve the goal of restricting Durant."
"That is to keep Durant from receiving the ball." Kenny Smith said.
"Yes, the Hammer even let go of the connection between the ball holder and the right wing, and only cut off the passing line with Durant on the left wing." Barkley laughed.
Kenny Smith analyzed: "This is also the weakness of offensive point guards. Westbrook's ball handling ability and passing ability are not enough to break through the Hammer's defense.
Once he is guarded by the Hammers, Durant will also be restrained.The Thunder can of course pass the ball to Durant in transition, but the Thunder have no advantage in other positions.
In other words, the Thunder has a big weakness against the Suns. Although the current ranking is above the Suns, the overall strength is not as good as the Suns. "
Li Ba played a fast break again, switched offense and defense, and the Thunder attacked.
The Thunder's backcourt combination screened in the backcourt, allowing Westbrook to bypass Li Ba's defense, receive the ball and quickly advance, and then pass it to Durant.
Durant singles Hill, even though the latter is 203 centimeters tall, he still has a clear height advantage and made a steady shot.
(End of this chapter)