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Chapter 190



Chapter 190
Seven o'clock in the evening on the third day, Ford Center.

More than 9000 people sat in the stadium, and the surrounding lights gradually went out, and soon only the big screen in the center of the stadium was still on.

At the bottom of the big screen, the Thunder players stood in a row, and directly opposite were the Celtics players who also stood in a row. In the middle of the two teams was the National Honor Guard, holding the American flag and the state flag of Ohio Preparing for the national anthem performance.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen..."

Announcer Mario Lani yelled passionately, "It's Tuesday night and we're at the Ford Center for Game 2010 of the [-] NBA Finals, featuring the Boston Celtics and the Oklahoma City Thunder...

Next, I invite the Oklahoma National Honor Guard and American Idol contestants..."

Following the loud broadcast, a girl walked out slowly facing the light, and after a moment of deliberation, she began to lead the singing of the American national anthem.

Su Yang raised his hand and pinched his nose, feeling that Americans really know how to do publicity and marketing. If he saw this music suddenly, he might want to become an American on the spot, but the effect is still better than tens of thousands of people singing "We belong to the same world" worse.

In a blink of an eye, the singing was over, the lights were brightly lit, the performers dispersed, and the two teams returned to their positions.

The announcer Mario went on to introduce the starting players of the visiting team Celtics, and his voice became ordinary: "A six-foot point guard, Rajon Rondo from the University of Kentucky, and a six-foot-five shooting guard, from the University of Connecticut ..."

Rondo and Ray Allen file off the Celtics bench to high-five veteran Michael Finley.

After the introduction of the visiting team, the lights went out again.

The central big screen began to play a special short film of the finals, and there was windy background music, and the atmosphere began to emerge.

A line of large white characters is displayed on the black screen: There are no shortcuts to the road to success that few people take, and the Oklahomans are moving forward firmly. They are Rick Collison, Kevin Du Rand, Russell…

The names of Thunder players appeared on the big central screen one after another, and the black screen slowly turned into a black-and-white image of the Thunder game. From the first goal of the move to Oklahoma City, soothing and powerful music played simultaneously, and the atmosphere was ready to go.

Suddenly, a close-up of Durant's handsome face appeared, and the picture turned into color. In the next second, Durant ran back from the bottom corner, rushed to the basket along the baseline, caught Ibaka's pass, and went high. Leaped up, aiming at Bynum to smash the buckle vigorously.

The music became more and more urgent, and the highlights of the thunderous generals appeared one after another, followed by the video of Su Yang waving his hands and directing.

For a full minute and 40 seconds, the final frame of the screen was Durant beating his chest and shouting, and the Thunder team logo was heavily covered.

The beam of light cruising in the arena turned to focus on the sky above the north stand, illuminating the Thunder 2009-2010 Western Conference championship banner. The announcer enthusiastically shouted the introduction and announced loudly: "The following is the starting point guard of the Thunder team..."

Before the announcer finished reading, the excited Westbrook got up and rushed into the field, and interacted with Harden who was standing at the end with high fives, then Matthews, Ibaka, Chandler, and when Durant got up and ran , The cheers in the arena burst.

Finally, the announcer read Su Yang's name, and Su Yang raised his hands and gave two thumbs up to the audience.

The lights were brightly lit, and the players entered the field to shoot and warm up.

ESPN commentators Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy sat in the arena and introduced live to the camera.

Su Yang paced back and forth, casually telling Matthews not to be nervous about shooting, reminding Westbrook not to be impulsive in breaking through, encouraging Durant to be decisive in blocking positions, telling Ibaka to be patient in defense, and instructing Chandler to be bold in covering, like Sending kids to school for the first time.

When he answered the question of sitting down on the bench, assistant coach Brian said with a smile: "It turns out that you are also nervous..."

Su Yang spread his hands slightly, and jokingly said: "It's also my first time to play in the finals. I'm as excited as the players, and I'm as excited as you. If you watch me later, you may beat the referee violently. Remember to hold me, I may lose control live by myself..."

While talking and laughing, the long whistle sounded, cheers sounded in the arena, and the starting players of the two teams entered the field.

The referee Mike Callahan held the ball and walked to the center circle, gestured left and right to measure, held the ball with both hands and tossed it upwards lightly.

Snapped!Chandler touches the ball first, then flicks back, and Ibaka leaps high to catch it.

"OKC! OKC!" The fans shouted in unison, and the Thunder launched the first attack of the audience.

According to Su Yang's arrangement, the Thunder's first offense was in the five-out formation. Chandler stopped at the free throw line early, while Ibaka stopped at the right corner, Matthews squatted at the left corner, and Durant stood at the top of the arc. From the three-point line, Westbrook went straight to the right wing.

In the blink of an eye, Westbrook reached the right wing, handed the ball to Ibaka, and sprinted hard.

Rondo started chasing Karma, but was delayed by Chandler's lateral move to the wall, and Ibaka threw the ball to the top of the arc at the same time.

The Thunder suddenly ran into a chin tactic, and Durant immediately threw the ball towards the basket and raised his hands in advance.

In the blink of an eye, Rondo seemed to see through the Thunder's tactics, directly gave up on Westbrook, turned around and tried to steal.

It's a pity that seeing through is seeing through, only the 185 cm Long guides, unable to intercept the pass in mid-air.

And Westbrook rose from the ground, caught the ball with both hands and dunked vigorously, the basketball clanged into the net, and the Thunder got the cool breeze first.

"Woooooh..." Cheers erupted at the Ford Center, and more than 9000 fans sat back on the bench one after another.

"Nice! Go! Back to defense!" Su Yang raised his arms and shouted, and the generals of Thunder rushed forward with all their strength.

Amidst the defensive shouts all over the court, Rondo ran across the center line with the ball, threw it to Pierce on the right wing, and used the cover to go down.

At the same time, Garnett held Ibaka with his back on the right waist, raised his right hand to signal for the ball, while Ray Allen bowed and stood on the right corner with his hands on his knees. A classic triangle offensive formation is really confusing.

It looked like he was going to give Garnett a low post, but Pierce turned and passed the ball to Perkins at the top of the arc, and Ray Allen started and rushed to Garnett, making it clear that he was going to use the screen to cross the paint and meet the left side. Rondo, who had just received the ball in the elbow area, formed a linkage.

But Ibaka did not hesitate to move laterally to delay, and Matthews took the opportunity to stick to Ray Allen again, not giving an easy chance to catch the ball.

The Celtics' offense fell into a semi-stalled state, but Ray Allen suddenly stopped and turned around, ran to Garnett and stood shoulder to shoulder, forming a bottom line double screen in the short corner on the right.Pierce took the opportunity to rush over, used the cover to walk the baseline, and went straight to the left half.

"Bottom corner, bottom corner..."

Chandler stepped back to the free throw line, yelling to remind Westbrook, who had his back to the basket and didn't know what was going on at the baseline.

Westbrook immediately turned his ankle when he heard the sound, blocked it sideways, and passed the ball to the left corner of the bottom, not forgetting to keep an eye on Rondo.

With Westbrook helping with the delay, Durant squeezed through a double screen and clung to Pierce, who was trying to catch the ball.

But at the same time, Perkins moved to the right elbow and set up a wall to block Matthews.

Ray Allen took the opportunity to go around, raised his hand to catch the ball and made an emergency stop, but Chandler pounced on it before releasing the ball.

The Celtics once again lost the opportunity to make an open shot, but Westbrook paid too much attention to Ray Allen who was holding the ball. Rondo took the opportunity to use Pierce to lift up the screen and strode towards the basket from the left elbow. Ray Allen jumped up almost at the same time pass the ball.

Amid boos all over the court, Rondo caught the ball and took advantage of the situation. First, he threw off Durant, who was chasing after him with his right hand high, and then avoided Ibaka, who was trying to nail the big cap. He forcibly slipped to the right basket, with his back to the Basket, ultra-difficult backhand throw.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Pierce followed up and jumped up to fight for it. The basketball was forced and flew out of bounds, and the referee whistled for a violation.

The boos suddenly stopped, Su Yang said with a smile: "Coach Doc Rivers is worthy of being a master tactician. These half-routine and half-dynamic offensive tactics can be described as interlocking. Opportunities can appear every time there is a cover. It's really close." Make them into..."

The three assistant coaches laughed lightly, but Su Yang was not kidding. The Celtics' opening tactics were quite good. It's a pity that Rondo couldn't create a shooting threat, which made the tactical intention very obvious. In addition, even if it was successful, the efficiency was low. .

However, the Celtics are a group of old guys, it's good to be able to run a few screens like that and get a shot.

Between emotions, the Thunder started again with a five-out formation.

After Westbrook passed the ball, he cut to attack the basket again, but Rondo saw through it in advance and blocked the passing route first.

Durant immediately launched a pick-and-roll tactic, using Chandler's cover to get rid of Pierce, and made an emergency stop to make a mid-range shot.

Boom!The basketball circle hit the net, and the Thunder scored two more points.

Assistant coach Brian said with a smile: "Compared to the cumbersome and complicated tactics of the Celtics, we are more concise and efficient."

Su Yang nodded: "That can't be helped, we have KD and Russell..."

(End of this chapter)


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