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Chapter 122 Westbrook Pulling His Hip ([-]rd)

Facing the Thunder's pick-and-roll tactics, Wang Feng couldn't think of a good countermeasure for a while. He tried to bypass the pick-and-roll and chase Durant, but if he was half a beat slower, Durant could take the lead. One step into the basket to create damage.

Although he is 2 meters tall, Durant's speed is not slow at all, let alone his agility is above 11, which is enough to cooperate with his long legs.

If you want to defend Durant immediately after the pick-and-roll, you must ask Curry to help make up the defense.

However, once Curry makes up the defense, it is almost impossible for Wang Feng to switch back, because after the pick-and-roll the Thunder players will immediately cut to the basket, and if Wang Feng does not catch up immediately, Durant will immediately choose to pass the ball .

In an open state, even the Thunder's shooting guard Andre Roberson, who is not good at scoring, can score the ball efficiently.

Relying on this trick, the Thunder finally pulled back a game at home and brought the total score back to 2:1.

In this game, Durant finally made a superb performance. He made 19 of 14 shots and shot 73% from the field. At the same time, he made 11 of 9 free throws and scored 39 points and 8 rebounds.

As if they had found the answer to winning, in the ensuing fourth game of the Western Conference Finals, the Thunder once again used a lot of pick-and-roll cover tactics to create a better scoring environment for Durant.

However, what they didn't expect was that the Warriors made adjustments immediately after losing the third game.

In Game [-], the Warriors put a big center in the lineup to guard the rim.

The Warriors' main tactic is the high-mobility death five. In many cases, the tallest player on the court is Draymond Green.

Traditional centers often complete the jump ball at the beginning of the first quarter, and will be replaced after a few minutes of playing. In most cases, the playing time of the entire game is only more than ten minutes.

However, in the fourth game, the Warriors allowed the big center inside to stay on the court for a long time to guard the basket and strengthen the inside's ability to protect the frame, even though the Warriors sacrificed part of their mobility.

It is a very dangerous behavior to give up the moves that you are best at and use the routines that are not commonly used against the Thunder. However, the effect of the Warriors' move is surprisingly good!
Whether it's Durant, who is dislocated after covering the pick-and-roll, or the guards Westbrook and Robertson who are cutting down the air after the pick-and-roll, most of the offense must be completed at the basket, especially Westbrook, whose outside shooting is extremely unstable. The way to score is to hit the basket.

When the Warriors stood under the basket with a 2-meter blue-collar center, the Thunder's pick-and-roll tactics were immediately hit hard.

And the height of the blue-collar center also allows the Warriors to do a better job in rebound protection.

As for the impact on the Warriors' offensive rhythm after replacing the big center, the degree of impact is not very great, especially after Wang Feng, who put all his energy on the defensive end in the first three games, also devoted himself to the offensive end.

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"Wang Feng's tactical vision is so good?"

Looking at the game, the Warriors have completely taken the initiative in the game, and Steve Kerr just feels incredible.

After the third quarter, Cole thought about countermeasures, but before he could come up with a solution, Wang Feng approached him and offered his suggestions.

"Replace the small lineup and replace it with a blue-collar center to strengthen the ability to protect the frame."

As a head coach, Cole certainly would not listen to the arrangement of a player from Wang Feng, but Wang Feng's proposal opened Cole's vision and made him start to think from this aspect.

Wang Feng's suggestion was originally born out of Cole's own ideas when the Warriors in the 73-win Barnes version fell behind the Thunder 1:3 and fell into a desperate situation. Therefore, it is consistent with Cole's thinking and views, and can be seamlessly matched.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Cole chose to adopt Wang Feng's suggestion, so today's blue-collar center made his early debut.

At this moment, Cole was very pleasantly surprised.

If he still has a superb tactical and strategic vision despite his outstanding personal ability, then Wang Feng's future is absolutely limitless.

In this league, there are countless players who play with their bodies, but very few players with their brains.

If Wang Feng has the potential to become a point forward like Green and serve as a starting point for the team's tactics, the Warriors will undoubtedly become stronger!

Green is strong, but his weaknesses are too obvious. The deterrence outside the three-point line is too low, which makes many exquisite tactics impossible to realize.

"After this season is over, no matter how high the other teams offer Wang Feng, they must find a way to keep Wang Feng! He definitely has this value!"

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"brush!"

Three points hollow into the net!

Curry used the blue-collar center's pick-and-roll cover to rush to the basket, attracted the opponent to double-team and then passed the ball outside. Wang Feng, who received the ball, made a quick three-pointer and made a successful hit!

"call--!"

Taking a deep breath, the corners of Wang Feng's mouth curled up slightly.

"Sure enough, scoring is still more enjoyable than defending."

In the first three games, although Wang Feng marked Durant all the way and made great contributions to the Warriors, but the whole game process was really aggrieved, and he was completely beaten by Durant.

Now in the fourth game, with the big blue-collar center protecting the frame inside, Wang Feng's pressure on the defensive end has been relieved a lot, and he has devoted more experience to offensive scoring, and he immediately feels happy.

Although Wang Feng was defended by tall and long arms, single-defense perimeter, especially Durant, who relied on his wingspan to defend and shoot very well, but Durant, who focused most of his energy on offense, did not pay much attention to the defensive end. .

In addition, Wang Feng hardly participated in the offense in the first three games, which created some illusions for him. He was caught off guard, and Wang Feng made three three-pointers from the outside, which made things worse.

"Damn it..."

A sense of powerlessness filled Durant's heart, and he wanted to kill the thief, but he was powerless!

96:88!The Warriors won a victory at the Thunder's home court, rewriting the total score to 3:1, and took the lead in getting the match point!
Due to the change of the Warriors, the pace of the game slowed down, and it became the first game in the series in which neither team scored more than [-] points.

Without Wang Feng's stalking, Durant played steadily, making 19 of 10 shots and scoring 52 points with a 27% shooting rate.

However, Westbrook broke down again.

Facing the blue-collar center of the Warriors who was protecting the basket, Westbrook's lethality for hitting the basket was greatly weakened, and his outside shots were still unreliable. It was another game with a shooting percentage in the early 30s and scoring less than 20 points. Performance.

After four games, Westbrook played normally only once in the third game, when he used a lot of screen pick-and-rolls to cut to the basket. He scored 24 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, and his shooting percentage was 47%. Only a little over 30, the performance is really disappointing, completely unworthy of the honor of being selected to the best team this season.

(I still don’t have time to make up the missing chapter today, try my best tomorrow.)
(End of this chapter)