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For the Sonics, Earl Watson doesn't just mean 28 minutes, [-] points, [-] assists and [-] steals.

It is his role in this well-functioning tactical system. This task does not require the player's strong offensive ability, nor does this player have high ball-handling skills, as long as he can control the ball steadily and timely Give the ball to Stephen, then make a tactical run, and then re-deploy and organize the offense as you wait to receive Stephen's pass.

Earl Watson is not the first starting point of the tactics, but it is the second starting point of the team. After Stephen handed over the ball, he needs to take on the responsibility of point guard, because Stephen may not be able to resume in time. Possession of the ball.

His position in tactics is not like that of Durant or Yao Ming. When the ball is in their hands, they basically take more shots. Even if the phone is not good, they just pass the ball casually. However, after Earl Watson got the ball, he had to decide according to the situation which tactics to execute or whether to attack by himself, or to stabilize and hand the ball over to Stephen.

For more than a year, Earl Watling has long learned how to fully cooperate with Stephen to play. The tacit understanding between the two is the highest in the whole team, and even the tacit understanding between Stephen and Coupard is even higher. Not as good as the two of them.

Of course, the main reason is that Earl Watson's research on Stephen has reached a very deep level, and others will not do this. Earl Watson realized a truth early on. In the original Sonics team, it was no problem to serve as the main force or even the starting point guard, but for a championship-level team, his own ability was insufficient.

But at the same time, he has a strong desire for the championship ring, and he also wants to win a championship as the main force of the championship team. Instead, the only hope lies with Stephen.

On the one hand, he wanted to have a good relationship with Stephen, so he took refuge in Stephen very early on. Of course, it was not by means of flattery. Stephen didn't accept this, but took the initiative to narrow the relationship between the two parties. Chat casually when you have nothing to do, but don't show the meaning of entanglement. It should be natural and relaxed, and Stephen should not feel a little pressure, just like an old friend. Earl Watson used the phrase Chasing Girl Friends need several times more energy to complete this goal.

But he also knows that it is not enough to have a good relationship with Stephen in private. As a player, his true value can only be reflected on the court. If his own ability cannot meet the requirements of the team, even Stephen He will no longer tolerate himself staying on the court, so Earl Watson has never given up on improving himself.

It’s just that he is already old, and basically has no potential for improvement. At the same time, it is impossible to improve his technical style, so he can only work hard on coordination. Studying Stephen’s style of play is Erwo The main thing Tesen does is to delve into the team's tactics.

Because the team's tactics are tailor-made by Carlesimo for Stephen, and they can best use Stephen's tactical power. If you can figure out this tactic thoroughly, it will also be very good for cooperation.

Earl Watson's investment cannot be said to be worthless. Stephen really feels that playing with him is the most comfortable. Many times when the offense is blocked, Stephen does not need to consider Earl Watson's position at all. You need to throw the ball behind you according to your own habits, and then as long as you run to the right position, the ball will naturally return to your own hands.

This is the value of Earl Watson. Although it cannot be reflected in the statistics, Stephen feels differently with him and without him. The cooperation between Lucidno and Stephen cannot achieve this effect, so in When planning to send these two players, although Luc Credno was younger and had more potential, and Presti was more optimistic, he was still sent away, but Earl Watson was kept.

In fact, although the two people say that they have each other's strengths, there is basically no big difference. It is nothing more than that Luc Credno is younger and has stronger offensive ability, but his injury risk is also greater, and although he has There is a certain potential, but it is not easy to turn potential into strength. Earl Watson is at least stronger than Lucidno in terms of effort.

And this season, Earl Watson also played a key role in the supersonic team's triumphant progress. Although it is not conspicuous from the statistics, in the team's starting lineup, it only ranks ahead of Kurt Thomas. , Sometimes even inferior to Coupard and Damien Wilkins on the bench, but no one can ignore his role.

This season, although the Sonics supplemented a rookie with a strong body and super breakthrough ability like Russell Westbrook and a substitute with outstanding comprehensive qualities like Jarrett Jack, Earl Watson was still able to secure the team's starting position. Position, even when the head coach Carlesimo has changed the starting lineup, it can be seen that Earl Watson's hard work and hard work have not been wasted.

In the following game, even if the opponent was a weak team like the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Sonics still played very hard, and were even led by the opponent at one point. Stephen could adapt to Russell Westbrook or Jarrett Jack. He was a point guard for a while, but he didn't play in the way Stephen was used to and familiar with from the beginning, which greatly affected Stephen's state.

Russell Westbrook's stats are pretty good. So far, he has scored [-] points and three assists. All three assists came from Kevin Durant's scoring. Neither Stephen nor Yao Ming received any. Seen his assist pass.

Although the ball is still in the hands of Stephen, the entire rotation system of the ball cannot be in the hands of Stephen alone. Once the ball is in the hands of Russell Westbrook, it will be out of the tactical system. With Stephen's enhanced defense, the ball will naturally go to Kevin Durant, followed by Russell Westbrook's own offense.

Carlesimo also saw that the team's offense was fragmented, the main reason being Russell Westbrook's side, but he still wanted to see if Russell Westbrook would change himself, but it seems It seems that he finally lost his confidence, and he did have a lot of playing time, so he replaced Russell Westbrook with Jarrett Jack.

Because Earl Watson's absence is not a matter of one or two games, but a dozen or more, so the team must reuse Russell Westbrook and must find a way for him and Stephen to play together , Stephen is unlikely to change. The winning model built after more than a season of hard work cannot be changed because of one Russell Westbrook, so only Russell Westbrook can change it himself, but at present It seems that he has not learned yet.

After Jarrett Jack came on the court, this unfavorable situation has changed. Although his playing style is obviously different from Earl Watson's, he knows to take the initiative to cooperate with Stephen, although he is still not as good as Earl Watson. That level, but the effect is better than Russell Westbrook. The Sonics quickly overtook the Timberwolves and entered the second half with a seven-point advantage.

In the second half, as Russell Westbrook returned to the court, but at this time Stephen was sitting on the sidelines to rest. The team's offense was dominated by Kevin Durant, but the play was not messy. Vin Durant often cooperates.

Russell Westbrook is on the rise, hitting the basket and scoring layups in a row. Neither Sebastian Telfair nor Randy Foye can stop him from breaking through, but he just hit a wave A good shot, when he got rid of Randy Foye's defense again and was about to hit the basket to score points, without anyone touching him, he suddenly leaned, although Russell Westbrook quickly Adjusted the center of gravity of the body, and at the same time passed the ball to teammate Damien Wilkins, and then stood there not daring to move.

The scene just now was quickly replayed on the big screen. When Russell Westbrook took a step, it was obvious that his feet and calves were bent at right angles, and he was standing there now. , The twisted right foot did not dare to exert any strength, Carlesimo hurriedly called a timeout and sent the team doctor up.

It can be seen that Russell Westbrook's ankle is swollen at a speed visible to the naked eye. The team doctor hurriedly asked him to help him down. Carlesimo was replaced by Jarrett Jack at the same time. Although the ankle sprained It's not serious, but it's very easy to relapse. Once an old sprain is formed, there is basically no chance of a good one. Seeing how serious his sprain is, at least it is impossible to play again in this game.

However, Jalein Turk played very hard after he came on the court. His strength lies in the shooting after the breakthrough, not the layup after the breakthrough. It was extremely accurate, especially after Stephen returned to the field, the two of them took turns to break through and shoot, and soon they shot the Timberwolves to death, and finally lost the game 92 to [-].

After returning to Seattle, after inspection, Russell Westbrook's ankle needs at least one to two weeks of rest before he can return to the court. In addition, Earl Watson needs to rest for a month, then the team has only Under Jarrett Jack as a point guard, this is really a double disaster, making matters worse.