new lord of the rings

Chapter 433 Superstars have unique tastes!

The second leg of the Western Conference Semifinals was held in Phoenix as scheduled. Due to the miracle of Zhang Xin in the last game, media from all over the world came to broadcast live, and also attracted many superstar-level stars, Taylor Swift I also came to the scene to watch her boyfriend's game, and Zhang Xin's friend Daniel Wu also came to the scene to cheer.

When everyone in the Thunder entered the arena, they were taken aback. This formation is not like the western semifinals, but the finals!

Tonight's Thunder is actually a little depressed. In fact, anyone who meets an opponent like Zhang Xin may have this kind of emotion. What Zhang Xin showed is invincible!
Obviously the Thunder is a team with stronger overall strength, but Zhang Xin led the team to win the game with his own personal ability, and also won great statistics for himself. Robertson, who was entangled with Zhang Xin throughout the game, was simply I am about to see my heart doctor again!
Donovan learned from the painful experience and decided that Robertson should not be allowed to defend Zhang Xin again. Zhang Xin was used to Robertson, and Robertson was an object for him.

After a series of national anthem segments, the competition began.

The Suns did not make any adjustments, and still followed the regular season starting lineup: Zhang Xin, Pau Gasol, Rajon Rondo, Devin Booker, Tyson Chandler.

So did the Thunder, with Kevin Durant, Westbrook, Serge Ibaka, Adams and Andre Roberson.

Adams and Gasol jumped the ball in the middle circle, and Gasol got the ball for the first time for the Suns.

After halftime, Zhang Xin found that Robertson didn't come to defend himself, but went to defend Devin Booker, while Durant followed Chandler, and replaced him with Ibaka!
Zhang Xin's eyes lit up: wonderful!It's a good thing that Ibaka doesn't sit at the basket, but instead defends himself!
Ibaka's ability to protect the frame is very strong. Even Zhang Xin is unwilling to challenge Ibaka's basket easily. When Ibaka sits at the basket, he would rather shoot three-pointers and mid-range shots In order to avoid Ibaka's interference, Ibaka's athletic ability, height and wingspan can put a lot of pressure on Zhang Xin.

But if Ibaka comes to defend Zhang Xin, then Ibaka will be transferred outside. Zhang Xin only needs a pick-and-roll to get rid of Ibaka and go straight to the basket. Durant is a very good basket protector. However, Zhang Xin is not afraid.

Thinking of doing it, Zhang Xin gestured directly towards Rondo. Rondo’s thoughts coincided with Zhang Xin’s. He smiled at Zhang Xin, gave the ball to Zhang Xin at the top of the arc, and then hit his teammate inside. Gesture, indicating to pull away, Chandler quickly pulled to the side, Booker opened up space in the bottom corner to wait for a three-point opportunity, and Gasol quickly raised to help Zhang Xin pick and roll.

No matter how flexible Ibaka is, he is still a big man at 208cm. As soon as Gasol delayed him, Zhang Xin passed by. Facing Adams' uphill grab, Zhang Xin asked Adams to go inside with an in-and-out Suddenly, Durant quickly shrank back.

Zhang Xin would usually give the ball to Devin Booker who was emptied, but not today. Instead, he took the initiative to confront Durant. Compared with Zhang Xin, being carried by Zhang Xin to the basket, Zhang Xin forced Durant to foul!

Zhang Xin executed a free throw and made two free throws.

Less than ten seconds into the game, Durant received his first foul, and Coach Donovan smelled something bad.

Westbrook used a high pick-and-roll breakthrough to attract pincers, passed the ball to Durant on the outside, and Durant made a three-pointer.

The Suns attacked, and Zhang Xin still held the ball at the top of the arc exactly the same. Donovan frowned: Zhang Xin is not like this person, this is not the way the Suns should play, it should be said that every team in the NBA should play , Zhang Xin is not a point guard, and generally does not play like this with the ball at the top of the arc, let alone the beginning of the game, usually this kind of play is executed at a critical moment.

Donovan guessed right, this is indeed not the inherent gesture of the Suns, the original approach of the Suns should be to create opportunities for Devin Booker and Zhang Xin to move without the ball, instead of directly playing pick-and-roll tactics as soon as they come up , This is the tactic that Rondo and Zhang Xin agreed to play because the Thunder changed their defense.

After Ibaka gets to the outside, the inside must be empty. When Durant is a small forward, his defense is top-notch, but it is not a good idea to top a power forward to protect the frame, especially when it is Zhang Xin who is rushing to the basket , Rondo and Zhang Xin's idea is: to induce Durant to foul prematurely!

In fact, the effect was very good. Just ten seconds into the game, Durant received a foul.

Zhang Xin holds the ball at the top of the arc, Gasol still goes up to do a high pick-and-roll, Zhang Xin usually walks past Adams and rushes inside, Durant can only come to protect the frame, Zhang Xin then rushes inside , suddenly made a posture of turning over and jumping with the ball in both hands. The incident happened suddenly. Durant jumped up without thinking, trying to interfere with Zhang Xin's shooting with his long arms. Zhang Xin got short and didn't jump up at all. Durant yelled Oops!

Zhang Xin took a small step forward, nudged Durant who was jumping up in the air, lightly tossed the ball with his right hand, the ball fell into the basket, and the referee's whistle sounded in time!
Durant's second foul!
Donovan clasped his head with both hands. This was a bad news. Just 1 minute into the game, Durant committed two fouls!
Durant became impatient, and rushed over to the referee to appeal. The referee explained to Durant, and Durant calmed down. In fact, he knew in his heart that there was nothing wrong with the two referees blowing the penalty. , he was just out of breath.

Donovan quickly replaced Durant. If he didn't replace him, he would become a target for the Suns to break through. Two fouls, today's game may be ruined.

Durant angrily returned to the bench and replaced Oladipo.

Zhang Xin and Rondo looked at each other with smiles, and they felt that they cherished each other. They were both proud of the wisdom of their teammates, and happy that the other party could understand what they were thinking.

Coach Donovan saw that Ibaka could not restrict Zhang Xin, so he arranged for Oladipo to defend Zhang Xin, wanting to see if it would work, but Donovan had no choice. The defensive leader Robertson was blown away by Zhang Xin. , So Ibaka was arranged to try, but Ibaka was completely unable to limit Zhang Xin's breakthrough on the outside, and instead lost Durant.

To limit him, he wants to try to use the little Oladipo to defend Zhang Xin, to see if the taste of superstars is relatively strong, and it is always necessary to have a different defense to contain it. This is not impossible. For example, Kidd defended LeBron James, this is also a very strange thing. Obviously the old Kidd can't run well, and his body is not as good as LeBron, but he just defended it.

(End of this chapter)