I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 464 My Players Need Me (Fourth)

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

A layman like Ballmer just looked at the dunk, his face flushed with excitement.

But Min Congda had more things to think about.

As a senior traitor, he must think about the strategic goals and direction for Lei Ting.

There are obviously some problems with the Thunder's current training direction for Durant and Westbrook.

Durant wants to take James' all-around route, so he is trying to develop his organization and passing ability.

Let yourself become more all-around, want to become an all-around fighter.

After all, the most outstanding small forwards in history are all the best among all-around fighters.

Not to mention James, there is also Larry Bird, who is also a super all-around fighter, proficient in passing, organization, and rebounding, and his golf quotient is even more terrifying.

And Scottie Pippen, who has always been considered a classic small forward, is an all-around spokesperson.

The Bulls are weak inside, and half of the basket protection tasks are completed by Pippen.

His passing and organizational skills in offense are even more talked about.

And Durant wants to become the best small forward in history, can't you do it all?

However, in terms of team configuration and personal talent, Min Congda doesn't think Durant should take the all-around route.

Durant should still play to his strengths and maximize his offense, especially his shooting ability.

Pippen is versatile, but he doesn't have as much offensive power as Durant.

On the basketball court, scoring ability is always the most valuable ability.

Giving up this most precious ability to develop other abilities is a kind of sacrifice.

After all, your offense is very strong, but it's not strong enough to ignore everything. If you reach that point, it's not too late to develop other things.

Durant was still a little anxious.

Westbrook's current positioning is more like an assassin.

Under Durant's omnipotent guidance, make up for Durant's firepower.

Westbrook's assists per game dropped to six this season.

He also averaged 8.2 assists per game last season.

His scoring has increased, and his organization and steals have declined.

Because Brooks needs him to score more.

However, this tall, physically fit point guard clearly has the potential to become an all-around fighter.

His bounce, wingspan, shoulder height are all outstanding, and he has a good rebounding awareness.

Sometimes in order to grab rebounds, I don't even care about the person I want to defend. The ball is the most important thing.

For such a player, instead, let him be an all-rounder, organize more, and instigate more offenses.

It is the best match to give more chances of ending to Durant.

Anyway, Min Congda watched several Thunder games, so he thought so.

Maybe the Thunder has been staring at the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Durant has been staring at James.

After owning Irving, the Cavaliers let James continue to be an all-around fighter, allowing Irving to share the pressure of scoring as a scorer with the ball.

The Cavaliers' system was actually contributed by Min Congda's words and suggestions. After a season of patience, he finally waited for a No. [-] pick and won Irving.

"Brooks really doesn't have much strategic talent, his tactical level is very good, and he is good at encouraging and training players, but his strategic vision is not good!"

Coach Brooks, who was sitting on the bench, sneezed, which is fine, why is his nose still itchy.

In the first quarter, the two sides played inextricably. Westbrook's sharp breakthrough helped the Thunder regain the lead.

The intensity of the competition between the two sides rose rapidly, and the Thunder's defense became stronger and stronger.

When Harden pushed back, he tried to play a flight attendant to Paul George, who came off the bench.

The result was intercepted by Gordon's tough defense.

The ball is still under the control of the Clippers.

Falling into position, Curry bypassed Durant and hit the ground to Randolph.

As a result, Ibaka violently grabbed the ball and broke the ball, and the Thunder counterattacked.

After Westbrook received the ball, he went forward bravely, put in gear and accelerated to the basket, then went to the other person for a layup, and put the ball into the basket!
The Clippers quickly served the ball in the backcourt, and did not give Tyronn Lue a chance to call a timeout. Curry took the ball and went straight to the frontcourt.

Single-block screen, then screen again, continuous possession of the ball to get rid of, 45 degrees on the right side and a direct three-point shot, hit!

The two sides are simply holding a knife and a gun, and it doesn't matter so much, let's cut and shoot each other!
Whoever lives hard will live to the end, and whoever coaxes may die first.

In the first quarter, the two sides scored 35:32, and the Thunder led the Clippers by 3 points.

Tonight will obviously be a high-scoring battle.

After the start of the second quarter, Tyronn Lue did not choose to play at five in the morning, and used his defensive lineup to fight the Thunder recklessly.

Although Director Lu has no experience, he is not a fool.

In the last game against the Nuggets, you can use the defensive bench lineup to play defense against your opponent. If I don’t score, you won’t score either.

Do you still want to use it this time?The opponent is the Thunder. With the Thunder's offensive firepower, you can't fight against it with a pure defensive lineup.

That will definitely collapse.

Min Congda saw that Tyronn Lue used a lineup of Bonner, Randolph, Harden, Leonard and Fisher, and thought that Tyronn Lue still had something.

This lineup is very targeted, with Harden Randolph as the core of the offense.

Using Bonner instead of Milicic is to take advantage of Bonner's three-point range and force Perkins to rest at this point and go to Collison.

As soon as Collison stepped up, the quality of the Thunder's interior defense immediately dropped a notch, and the protection of the backcourt rebounds was not enough.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Bonner received a pass from Harden and hit a three-pointer!

The two sides returned to the same starting line.

Brooks has nothing to do with such a rich lineup structure for the Clippers.

You can only let Perkins sit off the court, otherwise his defensive advantage will become a disadvantage.

Bonner can make three-pointers, Randolph can play mid-range, and Perkins is pulled out for a walk. How can the defense defend?
The Thunder's bench offense is to fight for offensive rebounds.

Outside Daquan Cook missed a mid-range jumper.

Inside, Collison grabbed an offensive rebound and gave the ball to Muhammad.

Muhammad made a one-handed dunk!

The Thunder took the lead again.

Fisher holds the ball across the half.

Harden receives the ball and passes it to Randolph in the low post.

Randolph hard chiseled Collison, turned around and made a shot!

But when he turned, Randolph's elbow hit Collison in the face.

Collison fell to the ground in "pain", the referee called Randolph's foul, and the ball was invalid.

Randolph looked innocent and spread his hands towards the referee.

"He did it and I just rubbed him a little? Is he made of cream? Falk!"

Randolph was sure he'd only scratched the surface, but Collison felt like he'd been punched.

Of course, the referee will not change the penalty, and even gave Randolph a technical foul for swearing.

Seeing this, Min Congda couldn't stand it anymore, such a good opportunity can't be wasted!
He wants to go down and watch the game from the sidelines!

"Sorry you two, I have to go down early, I want to go to the sidelines to watch the game."

"My players need me!"

(End of this chapter)