The rise of the NBA superstar

Chapter 320
Since Li Senlin gave up the idea of ​​being a combo guard and giving up possession of the ball, he has played more freely.

Durant is like a fish in water at the small forward position, and Li Senlin is also going further and further on the road of swinging forward and guard.

With a height of 198 cm and a weight of 97 kg, coupled with point guard-level dribbling skills and a touch that was once the top three-point shooting percentage of the season, Li Senlin has also become a key research object for Thunder opponents.

More and more, Li Senlin will replace Durant as the opponent's key care object and enjoy the top confrontation in the audience.

As the game continues.

Although the Suns played well and kept hitting long-range shots, the Thunder's three young players began to show superhuman adaptability and kept hitting talented balls. Durant's touch was not good, but he repeatedly rushed inside and caused fouls. Sri Lanka committed two fouls.

After the San Shao adapted to the rhythm of the playoffs, they kept biting the score and failed to let the Suns start at home in the opening stage.

Soon, the score of the two sides came to 23 to 23.

Suns coach Gentry frowned on the sidelines, and the Thunder's difficulty was beyond his imagination.

Gentry is not necessarily a coach who wants to run and bomb. It can only be said that the Suns have been running and bombing. The fans and the management have always hoped to restore the team's demeanor when Nash was the MVP for two years. .

The defense of the teams that Gentry has coached cannot be said to be top-notch, but they also attach great importance to it.

In his defensive tactics, the defense against pick-and-rolls mainly relies on rotation. Currently, the most common combination of the Thunder's single-swing tactics is the pick-and-roll. But in this game, it is obvious that the Thunder's three young players are all masters of misplacement. His rotation defense has also proved to be cracked. up.

The running and bombing command on the court is very dependent on Nash, because Gentry's offensive tactics are not running and bombing. Support the Sun's offense.

The game went on with 3 minutes left in the first quarter.

Gentry took the initiative to stop the game.

During this timeout gap, Gentry arranged the tactics for the next rotation lineup.

In the playoffs, it's basically an eight-man rotation.

Gentry emphasized the restrictions imposed on Li Senlin by the second team. Everyone knows that the Thunder second team led by Li Senlin basically determines the difficulty of the next Thunder game. Most of the time, it can give the opponent a heavy blow.

These are all experiences from studying the Thunder's regular season games.

Every minute of the playoffs counts, and if the Suns are still crushed by Lee Forest's second unit, the Suns' series will be even more difficult.

The home field advantage in the playoffs is very important for the team to advance. Almost every championship team has a higher home winning percentage than the away game.

At this time, Gentry's tactical board is full of tactics against Li Senlin. How to defend against Li Senlin's breakthrough, how to defend against Li Senlin's post-up singles, and how to defend against Li Senlin's "jumping pass" have all become German. Required courses for Rajic and Hill.

That's right, Li Senlin's habit of his teammates shooting slightly higher after jumping up and passing the ball was also discovered by NBA's sharp-eyed scouts and written into the scout report.

Pause ends.

The Suns replaced the bench, and the field lineup became, Brazilian Lightning Barbosa, Dragic, Dudley, Frye, Lopez
The depth of the Suns' bench is also an important support for them to get the third place in the Western Conference this season, which is different from the Thunder's second team that Li Senlin broke out in a single point.

The overall offensive power of the Suns' second team did not drop much under Dragic's tandem. In addition, Frye, who has returned to form, and Barbosa, a fast-break master, only scattered their scoring points.

The Thunder's second lineup is Li Senlin, Harden, Sefolosha, Krstic, and Ibaka.

In addition to the competition of players on the field, the battle of wits and courage of the coaching staff off the field is also very important. The head coach must know when to play which lineup, and the second lineup is the key to the head coach's deployment.

One wrong step, and all the efforts of the whole season may be in vain.

Li Senlin looked at Dragic, thinking of the Suns vs. Spurs series in his previous life this year.

In the series between the Suns and the Spurs in the previous life, no one thought that the Spurs, which had always defeated the Suns, would stumble.

The Spurs were swept out by the Suns 4-0 that year.

The key person for the Suns to sweep the Spurs is Dragic.

In addition to the Spurs' own lineup problems, Dragic's unexpected outbreak caught the Spurs by surprise.

Although Dragic is now a substitute, he has not yet shown the demeanor of a first-class point guard, but Li Senlin dare not be careless.

With a height of 191cm, Dragic is good at playing fast breaks and pick-and-rolls. He has a tough style of play and is not afraid of confrontation. This allows him to have an excellent free throw rate and outstanding organizational skills. He is a top superstar in Europe.

"WOW, the second lineup of the Thunder is here again, haha, the existence of Li Senlin let everyone know the strength of the Thunder rotation, but in fact, the benches of the relatively bleak Suns are not as bad as the fans imagined, I can say this , compared to Li Senlin's offensive power, the Sun's boys are not inferior at all."

Barkley on the commentary stand said loudly.

Pause back.

Dragic used the pick-and-roll to break through Harden, attract Sefolosha's defense, and pass the ball to Barbosa.

Barbosa rushed again, and Li Senlin followed.

Barbosa points the ball to Frye from the bottom corner.

After flying Krstic from outside the three-point line, Frye took a step forward and hit a long-range two-pointer.

23:25.

Li Senlin didn't have any expression on his face. It was very normal for Dragic to loosen the Thunder's line of defense, resulting in a vacancy, and it didn't surprise him.

Thunder attack.

Harden has the ball.

Li Senlin threw off Barbosa with a beautiful back run.

Received Harden's ball at a 45-degree angle.

Bow and arrow.

Lean back three.

Soaring.

26:25.

The Thunder overtook the score for the first time.

Barbosa is a speed guard. He is good at surmounting others in the fast break. He shoots well, has the habit of sticking the ball, and has low organizational skills. However, his defense is poor, thin and inattentive.

It was a misplacement just now that he defended Li Senlin. Everyone knew that if he defended Li Senlin, he would definitely be exploded. Obviously, Li Senlin caught the sun's omission.

Sun attack.

Still Dragic, this guy received Barbosa's point at the top of the arc, and Harden put a step in defense to prevent him from breaking through.

But Dragic suddenly pulled up, pulled up dry, and pushed the ball with his left hand.

Harden stepped forward to block, but could no longer touch the ball.

"Shh!"

26:28.

Harden clapped his hands annoyed, and signaled to his teammates that the ball belonged to him.

Li Senlin didn't blame Harden. Harden is just like this. He was a guy who dared to go out to nightclubs in the finals in his previous life. This guy probably played the first playoffs as a regular season.

His nature is like this, no matter how much you pick him up, he can't change anything.

After Li Senlin dribbled the ball, he used Kostic's pick-and-roll.

Relying on a good hand feel.

Adjust the rhythm while dribbling.

Take advantage of the defense people have not yet come up.

Two steps beyond the three-point line.

No aim at the defender.

Push your hips and jump up to the rhythm.

Li Senlin shot a three-point shot from a super long distance.

If it is at home, the fans will definitely be familiar with it. Li Senlin threw a lot of these three-pointers in his rookie season.

The ball caused bursts of exclamation from fans in the American West Arena.

They have obviously never seen such a willful three-point throw.

Thunder head coach Brooks obviously has no opinion on this. Whether Li Senlin can follow up or not has little to do with the distance, it just depends on the rhythm and the feel of the hand. .

"Shh!"

The Nets turned up and made a hollow hit.

29:28.

Li Senlin responded to Dragic's three-pointer.

This ultra-long three-pointer hit, the Thunder bench didn't have too many surprises, just high-fiving each other.

They are used to it.

"Wow, OMG!"

A female fan at the home court couldn't help shouting out, Li Senlin's move was so cool, it made her heart itch.

The Thunder's second unit didn't stretch the score like it did in the regular season.

Neither side can defend the other.

The tenacious Sun rose up to resist, Li Senlin felt his hands drop, and started to strike iron.

Dragic and Barbosa caused a lot of trouble for the Thunder with their shots and breakthroughs.

Especially Dragic's point, the personal offense is very well connected with the team, and the defense of the master is frequently defeated by the opponent.

Harden's mustache was almost stared at by the opponent.

The wonderful and fierce attack of the second team made the fans in the American West Arena fall into crazy shouts and cheers.

Soon the first quarter ended and the score was tied 33-33.

In the playoffs, the Suns played a high score in the first quarter of the series against the Thunder.

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