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Chapter 172 The window is full of Westbrook



Chapter 172 The window is full of Westbrook

After a three-round pause, the Suns first restricted Durant from getting the ball on the wing through zone defense, and then actively emptied Ibaka for long-range shots, focusing on double-teaming Durant, and using a large number of overall rotations to deal with the Thunder's strong and weak side transfer .

Judging from the effect, the Thunder successfully scored in two rounds, but it took a lot of effort and the scoring efficiency plummeted.

The Suns dared to do that, nothing more than bullying Chandler and Ibaka's low-post offensive ability, and bullying Ibaka's low two-point shooting percentage.Su Yang subconsciously wanted to find a way for Ibaka to cause damage without long shots, but he didn't think of it for a while.

Hearing Su Yang's question, the teaching assistant Brian quickly flipped through the notebook, then shook his head and said, "No."

Su Yang nodded in response. The team's offensive positioning for Ibaka is to pick and roll outside cut shots, or secretly cut to eat cakes.The Suns restrict air cuts through the zone defense, so Ibaka can only score from long shots. If the shot hits the iron, there is really no other way.

"I want a simple and efficient way to break the defense..."

Su Yang pondered for himself, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and immediately pointed to Westbrook, who was advancing with the ball, to remind him: try to score suddenly.

The core goal of all zone defense strategies is to have more people and less people. Simply let Westbrook break through to attract double-teams, and then find opportunities to pass the ball to other players in the Thunder, and other players may break through or shoot. Sun defense formation.

"OK!" Westbrook responded with a smile, seemingly very happy, and immediately raised his hand to signal to open the space.

Durant and Matthews hurriedly stood on the left and right wings to stretch the high space. Chandler and Ibaka stood on the short corners on the left and right, and deliberately stayed away from the paint. , can be regarded as full cooperation.

The Suns decisively put up a three-two defensive formation, Richardson and Nash stared closely at Westbrook, and Hill was ready to fill in at any time.

In the blink of an eye, Westbrook rushed to the top of the arc without slowing down at all, even ignoring the pincer attacks of Richardson and Nash, and forcibly passed between the two.The two insiders of the Suns hurriedly contracted to double-team, while Westbrook jumped up, twisted his body and threw the ball to the right wing.

Matthews raised his hand to catch the ball, facing Stoudemire who was in a hurry to defend, and quickly distributed the ball to Ibaka who was temporarily wide open.

After tossing around, the Thunder still made Ibaka's two-point shot, but this time, Ibaka stood still and received the ball without any adjustments. Although Richard switched defenses very quickly, he couldn't stop the basketball from rising smoothly. Fly to the basket.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 27 to 19.

There were cheers in the Ford Center, and Su Yang applauded. He realized that his thinking was too complicated. The most basic frontal breakthrough and scoring is also a good way to break the defense. It's just that the efficiency of ordinary players is low, and Westbrook is especially suitable.

After thinking about it, the two teams switched offense and defense. Nash forcibly simplified the Suns' offense and continued to play duo with Stoudemire.

Because Nash took the initiative to break through from the sideline, the Thunder had difficulty in local three defenses and two defenses, and Ibaka was forced to switch defenses in a misplaced position.

Fortunately, Su Yang had reminded him before that Ibaka approached Nash honestly, and even turned sideways to give way to the bottom line, intentionally leading Nash to the bottom line, and then together with other teammates, fully restricted Nash from tearing the Thunder's defense line with passing. .

Nash Yigao was bold and unceremoniously ran to the bottom line, but did not get an easy chance to play the ball.

The offensive time passed quickly, Nash moved to the short corner on the right, stopped and shook continuously, and suddenly raised his hand to pass.

The basketball flew straight to the 45-degree three-point line on the right. Richardson caught the ball and stopped and made a quick shot.

Chandler jumped up and caught the rebound, and passed it to Westbrook when he landed. The Thunder team launched a fast break counterattack.

The Suns will retreat extremely fast, but they are still two beats slower than Westbrook, so they can only shrink to the basket.

But the Suns generals never expected that Westbrook was terribly calm, rushed to the basket and didn't take a shot, but instead scored the ball to the bottom corner.

Richardson hurried back to the defense, but Matthews passed the ball to the left wing.Durant received the ball and held it high, raised his hand to aim at the basket and made a fake move to hit Hill, then released the ball and rushed to the left waist. Facing the threat of Lopez's defense, he took off calmly and made a steady mid-range shot.

bass!Hollow into the net, 29 to 19.

The Thunder once again led by 10 points, cheers erupted in the arena, and the Suns made a fast break.

Nash rushed to the left with the ball, and continued to break through the wing with the help of Stoudemire's cover. Facing Ibaka, who adopted the same defensive strategy, he seemed to be a little scrupulous and did not dare to go deep. Westbrook took the opportunity to get rid of the cover and chase Nash.

Nash fiddled with the spot, pulled the ball and retreated back to the top of the arc, and then played a pick-and-roll with Lopez.

Chandler immediately went up to pinch, Lopez disassembled and turned inside at the same time, and Nash raised his hand and threw the ball.

In the blink of an eye, Westbrook instinctively raised his hand to try to interfere, and slapped the basketball.

The basketball's flight trajectory was changed by force, it went up suddenly, and then fell down quickly, Lopez received a loneliness.

Matthews took advantage of the chaos to grab the basketball and passed it to Westbrook who had already run to the center line. The Thunder team launched a third-line fast break.

There were cheers all over the court, and Westbrook quickly rushed to the left waist of the frontcourt, and took advantage of the situation to back Nash, who was defending alone.

Nash found it difficult to resist with the naked eye. In a panic, he stretched out his hand and pushed his waist to prevent the shot. The referee's whistle sounded simultaneously.

"AND ONE!" Westbrook's voice was as loud as the roar of a motorcycle. Unfortunately, the basketball hit the basket and hit the iron, only two free throws.

Taking advantage of the free throws assigned by the referee, Su Yang arranged for Jordan to replace Chandler, and then called Westbrook to the sidelines to remind him, mainly from the previous pass: Nash was losing energy a bit because of too many two-person offenses, and he could adjust the defense Strategy.

The Suns replaced Hill with Dudley, followed by free throws, and Westbrook made the first free throw.

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, Westbrook threw the second free throw, and the result was a thud, but Jordan and Ibaka fought hard and successfully dialed the ball to the free throw line. He jumped up and caught it in his hand, and made a tip-in in the air.

The basketball hit the basket and rebounded into the net. The Thunder led 32 to 19, and cheers were loud in the arena.

Su Yang applauded, thinking that Westbrook was the only way to tip the basket so arrogantly, and if it was replaced by other point guards, most of them would make mistakes or hit iron.

Easy side Suns attack, Nash slowly advances with the ball, Westbrook puts pressure on the center line in advance, exhausting Nash's energy as much as possible.

For some reason, Nash continued to play two-on-one with Stoudemire, but instead of breaking through the sideline, he gave the ball in a hurry.

I once thought that Stoudemire encountered Matthews' defense the moment he received the ball, and could only throw the ball to Richardson at 45 degrees on the right.

Durant also rotated to defend, Richardson hurriedly passed the ball to the right corner, and Dudley bowed to catch it.

It's a pity that the moment Dudley stood up straight, Matthews blocked the space again and had to pass the ball back to Richardson.

Richardson was a little angry, slumped his shoulders suddenly, rushed to the free throw line close to Durant, and made an emergency stop to score the ball.

The ball was too obvious, Westbrook jumped out, raised his hand halfway to grab it, and collided with Nash.

The basketball rolled out of the sideline under force, and the referee blew his whistle for a violation, giving the Thunder the right to the ball in the backcourt.

The entire Sun team quickly returned to defense, and once again set up a three-two defense formation. Seeing this, Su Yang shouted to remind him to open up space.

Westbrook immediately dribbled the ball to the 45-degree three-point line on the right, without any temptation, directly sinking his shoulders and rushing.

The generals of the Suns still didn't adapt to Westbrook's violent style of play, and once again hurriedly shrunk to close the encirclement.

Richardson even stood on the passing lane ahead of time, but Westbrook stopped abruptly, rose vertically, and passed the ball with his wrist.

Jordan took the ball and took off. With a bang, he dunked vigorously with both hands, and the Thunder led 34 to 19.

Then the referee's whistle blew, and Gentry got up and walked to the sideline with a frown, as if he didn't know what to do.

Su Yang clapped his hands and laughed, thinking that it would be more efficient for Westbrook to score frontally than those difficult strategies to break through the zone defense.

The key point is that the Suns are limited by the disadvantages of internal and external defense. Not only the zone defense has been cracked, but also Westbrook can break through, pass, score, assist and steal. It seems to be everywhere and omnipotent.

(End of this chapter)


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