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Chapter 229 Helpless Zhang Xin! (Fourth more dedicated!)
Westbrook's speed and Bogut's really not easy to defend, he slipped by as soon as he mentions it, and Green and Zhang Xin are still difficult to help defend on the two flanks.

But looking back, the Warriors' offensive Thunder is not easy to defend against:
Zhang Xin made an upper screen for Thompson in the right elbow area. Thompson stuck to Zhang Xin to hang Ibaka, and then slipped down to the left bottom corner to open up space.

Zhang Xin caught Ibaka with one hand, turned around and cut in the middle, received a pass from Green at the top of the arc, and dribbled to the left to attack the frame. Adams was pulled to the right by Bogut, and the left side of the basket had been evacuated. Robertson, who switched to Thompson, hurried back to the middle to block Zhang Xin's layup.

Zhang Xin shook his hand and passed the ball to Thompson in the bottom corner. Thompson bent his knees and raised his hands to shoot a three-pointer, and he made a three-pointer!
The Warriors' space is too wide, and Green's high-post support, Durant must follow, otherwise Green and Curry's high-post pick-and-roll will make the Thunder suffer;
Curry's cruising on the outside attracted Westbrook tightly. Curry's deterrent power is not comparable to that of ordinary people. Westbrook is very afraid of Curry, and there are not many people who can make Westbrook give up rebounding.

In this way, Adams is the only one who protects the frame inside, and Ibaka is dragged around by Thompson, so Zhang Xin can do too much, and this inside environment is simply too easy!
The inside door was wide open, but the Warriors scored three-pointers instead. Because the Thunder returned to defense desperately when the door was open, it was easy for the outside line to have opportunities, especially in the face of Zhang Xin, a top reading game. player of.

Coach Scott Brooks called a timeout without hesitation. There was something wrong with the Thunder's defense!
Man-to-man tactics are difficult to limit the Warriors. Three historical-level shooters will open up the space extremely wide, so wide that Zhang Xin can quickly drive Astin Marton on the court to make a few drifts.

Pause back.

Zhang Xin found that the Thunder's defense had changed to a semi-zone defense, which was a bit interesting, so Zhang Xin nodded.

If it is still as defensive as before, and it cannot be too strong in the regular season, this is the home of the Warriors, and the Thunder will definitely be whistled by the referee if they increase their strength, so it is wise to change the lineup.

However, the change of formation has little effect on the Warriors' running positions. The cover is still the cover, and the running position is still the running position. Anyway, the Thunder can't really compress the Warriors' space. The deterrent power of the three historical-level shooters is not covered.

Bogut went to the high position to support, and Zhang Xin replaced Bogut on the bottom line to screen for Thompson. After finishing the screen, Zhang Xin went around a circle to catch the ball at a [-]-degree angle, and directly broke through, attracting Ibaka's cooperation from Zeyi. Defend.

Zhang Xin made a sudden step inside to attract Ibaka more thoroughly, but noticed that Durant directly emptied Green and went straight to Thompson. Zhang Xin handed the ball to Green. Green looked left and right with the ball and hesitated before shooting. ball in.

"Bang!" The iron struck.

Zhang Xin suddenly understood, this is the Thunder's plan, try to force the Warriors to let Green shoot!

Westbrook finally grabbed the rebound and immediately launched a transition. The Warriors are experts in transition. Zhang Xin, Green, and Curry Thompson each performed their duties, blocking the center and the left and right wings first. Westbrook has matured a lot and the game has just started At first, he was not on top, so he stopped and waited for his teammates to take their positions.

Durant was the first one to miss the shot and signaled for another shot, but Zhang Xin didn't give Durant a chance to catch the ball easily.

Durant ran a few times without getting rid of Zhang Xin. He stopped and grabbed Zhang Xin with his left hand to catch the ball. Zhang Xin pushed forward. Westbrook passed the ball just in time, Durant didn't get stuck, and gave Zhang Xin a chance to strike. Zhang Xin reached out from the side and the ball rolled to one side. Thompson had quick eyesight and quick hands, and quickly hugged the ball.

Zhang Xin whizzed by from one side, Thompson turned around and passed the ball to Zhang Xin who was going down quickly, Westbrook hurriedly chased Zhang Xin, Westbrook thought that with his own speed, he would definitely be able to catch up with Zhang Xin, unexpectedly he chased a few steps , The distance did not shrink much, Westbrook was shocked!
He knew his own speed, even though he was chasing at full speed, he still couldn't catch up with Zhang Xin, which meant that even if Zhang Xin's speed was worse than his own, it wasn't much worse. Zhang Xin was 203cm tall!
Zhang Xin, who was riding Juechen, dunked directly!

This dunk ignited the entire Oracle Center, Zhang Xin's successful defense and long-distance dunk dunk!
Durant's expression was not very good. He didn't expect that Zhang Xin's strength was so great, and he didn't get stuck. This was not the time when he first entered the league. Polished, his strength is no longer a weakness, otherwise he would have been targeted long ago, how could he have won so many scoring titles.

Unexpectedly, when facing Zhang Xin, his own strength was still insufficient. Zhang Xin was obviously stuck behind him, but he did not expect to get rid of his restraint with all his strength.

Zhang Xin and successfully defended against him twice, the first time can be said to be his own hand feeling problem, but this time the confrontation of the position, Zhang Xin's strength, footsteps, and judgment ability are enough to prove that Zhang Xin is a Top Defender!
Durant got serious.

Zhang Xin has always been very serious, so he has been following Durant after scoring the goal, squeezing and pulling, constantly interfering with Durant receiving the ball. Durant is an offensive player who has no solution. It was too hard to get up.

It is necessary to give high-intensity confrontation before he catches the ball, constantly disturbing his rhythm, consuming his rhythm, thereby reducing his shooting percentage, this is the correct way to defend Durant.

"Wow! Zhang Xin's defense is really too aggressive! He forced Kevin (Durant) to connect the ball so hard, how many years has Kevin not encountered such a difficult opponent?" Kenny Smith laughed.

"Zhang Xin is indeed one of the most suitable players in the league to defend Durant, whether in terms of height, footwork, strength or defensive ability. Of course, this cannot be said that Zhang Xin can defend Durant. , Durant can only be restricted but not guarded, and the combination of his speed and height is too cheating." Charles Barkley said.

After some entanglement, Durant finally received the ball with difficulty. The rest of the Thunder had already helped Durant clear the space.

Zhang Xin didn't call for flanking because he was afraid of leaving open space, but he also wanted to try Durant's offense. Who knows if he will meet the Thunder in the playoffs?
In the regular season, of course, the more you know, the better.

Durant made a big loop to avoid Zhang Xin's pressure. Seeing Zhang Xin push the ball away and step down, without taking too much, he turned around and shot. Zhang Xin tried his best to take off and interfere, but Mao didn't even touch it. Special hit today's first CIC!
Zhang Xin put his hands on his hips and smiled helplessly with his teammates.

This ball is too difficult, but Durant doesn't look too difficult, which may be routine for him.

　The results are getting better and better, thank you friends for your support!
　　
　
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