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Chapter 127 The Dark Horse
Chapter 127 The Dark Horse
After beating the Kings, the Thunder got three days off.
Su Yang wakes up in the morning, first checks with Jiang Ruolan on the progress of the new version of MT, then looks at the stock market situation, and then wants to find something to play, but apart from playing games in the apartment, there is really nothing interesting in Oklahoma City, look around All industrial bases.
For a moment, he understood why stars are unwilling to go to small cities, and why so many stars want to return to their hometowns in Los Angeles or New York to play. Many cities are indeed boring, and life is not only about games and training.
Thinking about it again, it's really not easy for LeBron. Cleveland's poor place doesn't have good coaches and management.
Su Yang felt that if he could choose freely, he would also like to go to Los Angeles or New York, followed by San Francisco or Miami.
After a day off, he rushed to the training base and convened the whole team for joint training. The players warmed up by shooting first as usual.
Several assistant coaches got together to chat, and Snyder asked Su Yang: If he became an opponent, how would he play Thunder.
Su Yang has thought about that problem for a long time. The Thunder is afraid that teams with good tactics and defensive discipline and good defensive configuration, such as the Celtics or the Lakers, will lose their winning percentage if they disrupt the Thunder's tactical moves and force the Thunder to play more singles.
In addition, there is a lot of physical contact and tough confrontation. Durant and Westbrook are only 21 years old, Harden is 20 years old, and Green is slightly older at 23 years old. The team's physical confrontation is weak, and those tactics are used to reduce physical contact.
Especially for Durant, if he is stuck by a defender, his shooting efficiency will drop sharply.
Now that the season has just started, many teams have not paid much attention to the Thunder. Even the media thinks it is just an accident, probably because every season starts, there will always be a few young teams winning streaks, and teams with more veterans are used to Delayed effort.
After the coach's discussion, Su Yang arranged for Durant and others to practice holding the ball, especially against holding the ball.
After all, no matter how good the off-ball running tactic is, as long as the opponent is serious about defending, he can always pinch a few.
If you really want to go to the next level, you must practice holding the ball. In the playoffs, you can directly block the ball and attack like Kobe.
It's like Cole's main pass and cut in the Warriors. When encountering unlimited defense changes, he will rest and force, and he has to single-handedly add defensive counterattacks.
On November [-]th, the Thunder flew to Houston for an away game against the Houston Rockets.
After the video conference, Su Yang got the list of Rockets starting players from the scouts. Seeing that the center was the familiar Chuck Hayes, he immediately adjusted the Thunder lineup rotation, arranged for Green to start the game against Hayes, and ordered to play around Green.
The main thing is that Ibaka has not yet practiced a stable mid-range shot, and his role is more to help defend and grab rebounds. He has little advantage against Hayes, and may still suffer a little, but Green has nearly 39% of three-pointers and 47% of them. The mid-range two-pointer can stay in the high position to form a shooting threat, and by the way, he can make up for it, forcefully pull Hayes out, and leave space for the rest of the Thunder.
Another reason is that Yao Ming was injured and missed the game. The Rockets teamed up with Hayes to start with Scola. Let Green start to defend Scola. The flexibility of footwork does not suffer, and the height and weight are not much different. Chandler fits perfectly.
After the eight o'clock game started, the inside matchup of the two teams was almost 100% in line with Su Yang's prediction.
Hayes was shot indiscriminately against Green, and Chandler was crushed by height, which made Rockets coach Rick Adelman quite helpless.
But the boss of the Rockets is stingy, and the general manager likes to find mistakes and be smart. Hayes can only endure it for six years.
The Thunder's defensive end is very easy, and Su Yang arranged for Sefolosha to mark Ariza, who failed to pass the ball, just like teaching.
Throughout the first half of the game, the Rockets only made waves when Landry came on the field against Green. He used his strength advantage to defend twice in a row, which made the Rockets fans very excited.
In the second half of the game, Westbrook began to exert his strength. Relying on his height and strength, he defended and counterattacked "Little Black Bean" Aaron Brooks many times. Su Yang was quite moved after watching it. After all, he was his favorite team and player.
全场比赛打完，雷霆105比94轻取火箭，威少爆砍33分7助攻3个前场板。
With five straight victories, the team flew back to Oklahoma to host the Orlando Magic after a day off.
Before the game started, Su Yang was interviewed by the media and talked about how to defend Howard, saying that it was very easy.
Because after the free market opened in the summer, the Magic did not choose to renew Turkoglu, but sent away Alstom and Courtney Lee, just to get Carter and Ryan Anderson from the Nets, completely unaware of Turkoglu's role .
From Su Yang's point of view, Turkoglu will be responsible for Howard's rapid growth after entering the league.
Because Howard likes to play with tall forwards who are good at passing the ball. They can pass the ball to him easily and take away the front line to help him get more space for singles, such as his high school teammates Josh Smith and Turkog Lu.
It is difficult for defenders to achieve the same effect, because Howard has poor footwork and prefers to catch lobs.
In addition, Howard's handling of the details of the ball is poor, and he also likes to pass high when encountering double-teams, so the efficiency of guard cooperation is low.
The game started at [-] o'clock in the evening, and Su Yang directed the Thunder team to focus on defending Howard from receiving the ball, using both forward and double-team.
After several successful restrictions, the Magic could not find a solution and could only switch to the outside line.
Sefolosha and Westbrook followed closely to play a defensive role. The Magic's offense was completely unable to open, and they trailed by 24 points at halftime.
In the third quarter of the game, the Magic tried their best to fight, but it was difficult for Howard to get the ball and it was difficult to create a threat inside.
The Thunder unscrupulously expanded their defense on the perimeter, and Carter, Redick, and Nelson frequently hit the iron.
In the last 9 minutes of the fourth quarter, the Magic scored 59 points, and Stan Van Gundy surrendered.
Howard was replaced and sat on the bench in a daze. He only took 10 shots in the whole game, and his efficiency was useless.
In the end, the Thunder defeated the Magic 102 to 74 and won six consecutive victories.
At the press conference after the game, Su Yang praised Chandler in a fancy way, emphasizing that Chandler should be elected as the best defensive player.
After a day off, the Thunder flew to Sacramento to challenge the Kings away and encountered a hand-to-hand defense.
The game was very difficult, the team shot only 39.7%, and was robbed by the Kings with 15 offensive rebounds.
But in the same hand-to-hand situation, the King made 21 turnovers, and the Thunder narrowly won by 3 points by relying on fast breaks.
In the game, Durant scored 37 points, made 23 of 9 shots, 6 of 1 three-pointers, and all 18 free throws.
At the press conference, Kings head coach Westphal angrily criticized the league for giving the Thunder preferential treatment, allowing Durant to get too many free throws, and he can even blow the whistle with his arms. If this continues for a long time, the league will kill the players' defense.
The reporter asked Su Yang what he thought of Westphal's remarks, and he joked: It's very simple, just don't foul.
That night, the Thunder flew to Los Angeles overnight and challenged the Clippers in back-to-back away games the next day.
Considering that the goal of the season is to win the championship, and the Clippers are weak due to the injuries of Griffin and Gordon, Su Yang arranged for Chandler and Collison to rest in rotation. Need to relax.
In addition to resting the veterans, Su Yang also reduced the playing time of Durant and other main players, allowing Matthews and others to play more.
But just like that, the Thunder also defeated the Clippers 93 to 79, adding a strong touch to Dunleavy's dismissal.
With an eight-game winning streak, the Thunder flew to San Antonio for an away game against the Spurs, who were in transition.
Before the start of the game, Popovich accepted an interview with TNT and said with a smile that the Thunder is unstoppable and he is optimistic about the Thunder winning the championship.
Many media forwarded the TNT report, and many commentators and fans voiced their opinion that the Thunder is a dark horse.
(End of this chapter)
After beating the Kings, the Thunder got three days off.
Su Yang wakes up in the morning, first checks with Jiang Ruolan on the progress of the new version of MT, then looks at the stock market situation, and then wants to find something to play, but apart from playing games in the apartment, there is really nothing interesting in Oklahoma City, look around All industrial bases.
For a moment, he understood why stars are unwilling to go to small cities, and why so many stars want to return to their hometowns in Los Angeles or New York to play. Many cities are indeed boring, and life is not only about games and training.
Thinking about it again, it's really not easy for LeBron. Cleveland's poor place doesn't have good coaches and management.
Su Yang felt that if he could choose freely, he would also like to go to Los Angeles or New York, followed by San Francisco or Miami.
After a day off, he rushed to the training base and convened the whole team for joint training. The players warmed up by shooting first as usual.
Several assistant coaches got together to chat, and Snyder asked Su Yang: If he became an opponent, how would he play Thunder.
Su Yang has thought about that problem for a long time. The Thunder is afraid that teams with good tactics and defensive discipline and good defensive configuration, such as the Celtics or the Lakers, will lose their winning percentage if they disrupt the Thunder's tactical moves and force the Thunder to play more singles.
In addition, there is a lot of physical contact and tough confrontation. Durant and Westbrook are only 21 years old, Harden is 20 years old, and Green is slightly older at 23 years old. The team's physical confrontation is weak, and those tactics are used to reduce physical contact.
Especially for Durant, if he is stuck by a defender, his shooting efficiency will drop sharply.
Now that the season has just started, many teams have not paid much attention to the Thunder. Even the media thinks it is just an accident, probably because every season starts, there will always be a few young teams winning streaks, and teams with more veterans are used to Delayed effort.
After the coach's discussion, Su Yang arranged for Durant and others to practice holding the ball, especially against holding the ball.
After all, no matter how good the off-ball running tactic is, as long as the opponent is serious about defending, he can always pinch a few.
If you really want to go to the next level, you must practice holding the ball. In the playoffs, you can directly block the ball and attack like Kobe.
It's like Cole's main pass and cut in the Warriors. When encountering unlimited defense changes, he will rest and force, and he has to single-handedly add defensive counterattacks.
On November [-]th, the Thunder flew to Houston for an away game against the Houston Rockets.
After the video conference, Su Yang got the list of Rockets starting players from the scouts. Seeing that the center was the familiar Chuck Hayes, he immediately adjusted the Thunder lineup rotation, arranged for Green to start the game against Hayes, and ordered to play around Green.
The main thing is that Ibaka has not yet practiced a stable mid-range shot, and his role is more to help defend and grab rebounds. He has little advantage against Hayes, and may still suffer a little, but Green has nearly 39% of three-pointers and 47% of them. The mid-range two-pointer can stay in the high position to form a shooting threat, and by the way, he can make up for it, forcefully pull Hayes out, and leave space for the rest of the Thunder.
Another reason is that Yao Ming was injured and missed the game. The Rockets teamed up with Hayes to start with Scola. Let Green start to defend Scola. The flexibility of footwork does not suffer, and the height and weight are not much different. Chandler fits perfectly.
After the eight o'clock game started, the inside matchup of the two teams was almost 100% in line with Su Yang's prediction.
Hayes was shot indiscriminately against Green, and Chandler was crushed by height, which made Rockets coach Rick Adelman quite helpless.
But the boss of the Rockets is stingy, and the general manager likes to find mistakes and be smart. Hayes can only endure it for six years.
The Thunder's defensive end is very easy, and Su Yang arranged for Sefolosha to mark Ariza, who failed to pass the ball, just like teaching.
Throughout the first half of the game, the Rockets only made waves when Landry came on the field against Green. He used his strength advantage to defend twice in a row, which made the Rockets fans very excited.
In the second half of the game, Westbrook began to exert his strength. Relying on his height and strength, he defended and counterattacked "Little Black Bean" Aaron Brooks many times. Su Yang was quite moved after watching it. After all, he was his favorite team and player.
全场比赛打完，雷霆105比94轻取火箭，威少爆砍33分7助攻3个前场板。
With five straight victories, the team flew back to Oklahoma to host the Orlando Magic after a day off.
Before the game started, Su Yang was interviewed by the media and talked about how to defend Howard, saying that it was very easy.
Because after the free market opened in the summer, the Magic did not choose to renew Turkoglu, but sent away Alstom and Courtney Lee, just to get Carter and Ryan Anderson from the Nets, completely unaware of Turkoglu's role .
From Su Yang's point of view, Turkoglu will be responsible for Howard's rapid growth after entering the league.
Because Howard likes to play with tall forwards who are good at passing the ball. They can pass the ball to him easily and take away the front line to help him get more space for singles, such as his high school teammates Josh Smith and Turkog Lu.
It is difficult for defenders to achieve the same effect, because Howard has poor footwork and prefers to catch lobs.
In addition, Howard's handling of the details of the ball is poor, and he also likes to pass high when encountering double-teams, so the efficiency of guard cooperation is low.
The game started at [-] o'clock in the evening, and Su Yang directed the Thunder team to focus on defending Howard from receiving the ball, using both forward and double-team.
After several successful restrictions, the Magic could not find a solution and could only switch to the outside line.
Sefolosha and Westbrook followed closely to play a defensive role. The Magic's offense was completely unable to open, and they trailed by 24 points at halftime.
In the third quarter of the game, the Magic tried their best to fight, but it was difficult for Howard to get the ball and it was difficult to create a threat inside.
The Thunder unscrupulously expanded their defense on the perimeter, and Carter, Redick, and Nelson frequently hit the iron.
In the last 9 minutes of the fourth quarter, the Magic scored 59 points, and Stan Van Gundy surrendered.
Howard was replaced and sat on the bench in a daze. He only took 10 shots in the whole game, and his efficiency was useless.
In the end, the Thunder defeated the Magic 102 to 74 and won six consecutive victories.
At the press conference after the game, Su Yang praised Chandler in a fancy way, emphasizing that Chandler should be elected as the best defensive player.
After a day off, the Thunder flew to Sacramento to challenge the Kings away and encountered a hand-to-hand defense.
The game was very difficult, the team shot only 39.7%, and was robbed by the Kings with 15 offensive rebounds.
But in the same hand-to-hand situation, the King made 21 turnovers, and the Thunder narrowly won by 3 points by relying on fast breaks.
In the game, Durant scored 37 points, made 23 of 9 shots, 6 of 1 three-pointers, and all 18 free throws.
At the press conference, Kings head coach Westphal angrily criticized the league for giving the Thunder preferential treatment, allowing Durant to get too many free throws, and he can even blow the whistle with his arms. If this continues for a long time, the league will kill the players' defense.
The reporter asked Su Yang what he thought of Westphal's remarks, and he joked: It's very simple, just don't foul.
That night, the Thunder flew to Los Angeles overnight and challenged the Clippers in back-to-back away games the next day.
Considering that the goal of the season is to win the championship, and the Clippers are weak due to the injuries of Griffin and Gordon, Su Yang arranged for Chandler and Collison to rest in rotation. Need to relax.
In addition to resting the veterans, Su Yang also reduced the playing time of Durant and other main players, allowing Matthews and others to play more.
But just like that, the Thunder also defeated the Clippers 93 to 79, adding a strong touch to Dunleavy's dismissal.
With an eight-game winning streak, the Thunder flew to San Antonio for an away game against the Spurs, who were in transition.
Before the start of the game, Popovich accepted an interview with TNT and said with a smile that the Thunder is unstoppable and he is optimistic about the Thunder winning the championship.
Many media forwarded the TNT report, and many commentators and fans voiced their opinion that the Thunder is a dark horse.
(End of this chapter)
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