Standing pretty old

Chapter 840 Constant Offensive, Desperate Thunder

Staples Center, star-studded.

Even before the Western Conference finals started, the stadium was already full of spectators, which of course included many Hollywood superstars.

Through the TV lens, you can even see the veteran Lakers fan Jack Nicholson in the auditorium. Although this is not enough to prove that the hardcore Lakers have also rebelled, it is also enough to prove that the Clippers' influence in Los Angeles is constantly increasing.

Even though the Lakers were eliminated early, the people of Los Angeles still hope to continue to watch the playoffs live.

At this time, players from the two teams were doing warm-up activities on the court in twos and threes.

The two bulls did not make any phone calls with their friend Westbrook before the game. The battle is imminent, and both sides have to hold their breath and compete for internal strength.

Er Niu's complexion was as usual. In his short career of a few years, this was the fourth time he had encountered such a big scene.

Interestingly, Paul around him was somewhat unnatural.

"What's the matter? Pao, don't tell me you're nervous?" Er Niu patted Paul on the shoulder and said.

Paul forced an awkward smile, took a deep breath, and then gradually calmed down, and replied: "You may not believe it, and I don't know why, but I actually have the urge to kiss and touch the floor!"

Ruan Erniu: "..."

The big-hearted Paul gradually recovered, but Er Niu was a little worried about other players in the team, especially Kawhi and Thomas Jr.

These two rookies are also an indispensable role for the team, and their performance will directly affect the normal operation of the team.

Kawaii's face is always difficult to read, but Thomas Jr. looks eager to try. Generally speaking, looking at the two from the perspective of rookies, they are still young and mature.

Thomas is okay. Anyway, during the rotation time, he will be facing the old Yu. No matter what the two bulls think, Chairman Yu can't keep up with the speed of the little assassin. What is really worrying is Kawhi's defense against Durant.

On a stage like the Western Conference Finals, it takes courage to use a rookie as the starting No. [-] position, but Er Niu finally fought back in the team's meeting and let Kawhi get the starting position.

Steve Kerr questioned: "So what should Harden do? Who will guard him?"

Under normal circumstances, most people's approach is to use Battier to defend, but Ruan Erniu gave a different opinion: "Sean needs to take turns to consume KD with Kawhi. As for Harden, let Nick deal with it." he!
Don't think about completely choking the opponent on the defensive end. We must strive to achieve a balance between offense and defense. As long as Nick can maintain his focus on the defensive end, his single-defense ability is not bad, and his scoring ability will also make the opponent fearful. ! "

Cole smiled and said, "So, offense is the best defense?"

Er Niu shook his head and said: "No, it should be said that we always try to use the most appropriate way to deal with the game."

"Bai Hao Zi Bing" said: "A good general uses soldiers, if a good doctor treats a disease, the disease will change, and the medicine will change."

The same is true for basketball games. Sometimes it is extremely ridiculous to always think of using unchanging tactics or tactical concepts to conquer the world.

Looking at the history of basketball, most famous coaches not only constantly change their tactics and even their ideas according to the players in their hands.

Facing the Jazz and Grizzlies, as long as the Clippers have no major mistakes on the defensive end and remain stable on the offensive end, they can basically guarantee to win the series. The opponent is a big enough threat.

Back at the game site, through negotiation, Er Niu accepted an interview with the court TV before the game. Yu Jia and Zhang Lili were in charge of the live broadcast tonight.

In addition to the simple questions and answers on those scenes, Yu and Zhang also mentioned the upcoming 12 London Olympics as a matter of course.

Although the roster of the new Olympic men's basketball team has been announced, but with Er Niu's current status, as long as he is willing to announce his return, I believe that the leaders of the Basketball Association will be happy to win and gain political achievements.

But even if he asked the question privately, Er Niu practiced Tai Chi and didn't answer the question directly.

go back?

What if I go back?

The domestic league continues to drive backwards, and the competitive state of the 08 generation has declined significantly.

Dayao has retired, Sun Yue has not been able to stay in the NBA this season, and even a Lian in the team has to suffer domestic interference from time to time. How can such a national team achieve such an outstanding record in 12?

It's easy to go up but hard to come down. Er Niu finally made it and retreated, so why bother going back to wading through the muddy water.

After a brief opening ceremony, the live DJ began to introduce the lineups of the two teams.

Thunder side:

C Kendrick Perkins

PF Serge Ibaka

SF Kevin Durant

SG Sapo Sefoloza
PG Russell Westbrook

For the Clippers:

C DeAndre Jordan
PF Ruan Erniu

SF Kawhi Leonard

SG JJ* Reddick

PG Chris Paul
With Jordan defeating Perkins in the jump ball, the G1 game officially began.

The basketball fell into the hands of Er Niu, and then passed to Paul.

Paul advanced into the half court with the ball, and Redick made a roundabout run back. With the help of the double screens of Jordan and Er Niu, he threw off Sefolosha's defense from beyond the three-point line, and made an open shot.

"brush!"

hit!

The Clippers played extremely decisively in the opening stage. They knew very well that if they want to defeat the Thunder team that eliminated the Spurs, they must suppress their opponents in terms of offensive firepower.

On the offensive end of the Thunder, Westbrook held the ball across half court and sent the ball to Durant immediately.

Kawhi's defense is in place, both of them have long arms, but Leonard pays great attention to Durant's swinging arms, either directly next to him, or simply put him aside.

Anyway, before the series, the cutie with facial paralysis, with the help of Natalie Nakase, has used videotape countless times to study how Tony Allen defended the giant tarantula last year.

To deal with Durant, you must consume him before he catches the ball, and then you need to use physical confrontation at any time to put him under pressure for shooting.

"boom!"

Durant's hand style was obviously not smooth after the opening, and he shot hard.

Er Niu took the rebound in the backcourt and immediately started the "Brute Bull Sprint", switching offense and defense!

With 3VS4 in the frontcourt, the Thunder retreated faster. They were young enough to have the energy to fight the Clippers.

Ruan Erniu in the high position had to stop this fast break, and passed the ball to Paul in the high position.

With the help of Er Niu's cover, Paul continued to swing like a pendulum. Westbrook hesitated and was blocked by Er Niu.

CP3's inside line was misplaced to eat Perkins alone, and the latter was easily passed. He made a layup with three shots and hit the board.

The Thunder, which lost consecutive points, had to request a timeout, but the Thunder coach Scott Brooks did not come up with a good solution.

Because even though the Thunder were more focused on the defensive end, they still couldn't find their shooting touch in the first quarter of G1 of the Western Conference Finals.

The fact that Dewey Ha's three masters have been constantly striking the iron is the root cause of their lagging behind.

当杜少单节6投2中，威少单节6投1，哈登单节4投0中时，雷霆第一节以18:31落后于主队，也就是理所当然的事情了。

Especially during the rotation time at the end of the first quarter, Harden, who was guarded against death by Nick Young, was even more surprising.

It was said that Yang Shaoxia didn't defend, but when it came time to work hard, Yang Shaoxia's defense was far more reliable than most people imagined.

Black hole of ball possession = no defense?
The concept is indeed taken for granted.

13 points behind in a single quarter, this is not a small blow to the Thunder.

In fact, before the start of the Western Conference Finals, in the eyes of most media, the Clippers had a far better chance of winning than the Thunder.

Because in the regular season, the Clippers have an absolute advantage with a total score of 3:1.

But the Thunder's performance in the past two playoff rounds is also remarkable.

Especially after they hammered the Spurs to death with the three-shot hammer again, it made it possible for this team to hit the championship.

The scary thing about the Thunder is that the opponents clearly know that they are hitting the ball, and the opponents also know that you are playing superstar basketball, but they just can't stop them.

Anyone who has watched the Spurs will not question the integrity of the Spurs, but they still cannot stand the hammer of the Thunder. It was not until the Thunder met the Clippers, who were both integrated and better at wheel hammers, that they knew what it meant. The mountains are high.

Yes, the current king of the hill in the NBA must be Kraft Nguyen, and the Celestial Dynasty is the real leader of the dizzy hammer.

阮二牛首节比赛6投5中，其中三分球2投2中，罚球4罚4中，在悄无声息中砍下16分。

I didn't see what five-best offense he completed in the first quarter, and he easily scored nearly 20 points.

One ebbs and another, the Thunder's three players can't make shots, but the Clippers have always maintained offensive suppression under the leadership of Er Niu.

No wonder Thibodeau faced the camera during the intermission and said in an interview: "We did a good job on the defensive end, but we did a better job on the offensive end."

When Thibodeau returned to the player's bench, Ruan Erniu had already arranged the player rotation arrangement during the rotation time of the second quarter.

According to the usual practice, the Clippers' Nick Young will lead the team's attack arrow, but the ball is controlled by Thomas Jr., and the latter will finally face Fisher directly.

Er Niu put his arms around Isaiah Thomas's shoulder and said: "Isaiah, it's time to prove yourself. Don't forget, we rejected Derek because of you."

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Thunder had the ball.

Old Fish held the ball across half court and passed the ball to Harden. Harden didn't force a shot when he felt bad, but sent the ball back to Old Fish.

The old fish faced the little Thomas with a straight shot.

"brush!"

hit!

Obviously, Chairman Yu is also holding his breath to prove himself. His original first choice was the Clippers, not to mention the Staples Center he is familiar with.

On the offensive end of the Clippers, Thomas held the ball across half court, and Yi Jianlian and Martin stepped up to screen at the same time.

Thomas did not use any cover, flanked in, and passed Fisher cleanly with a single acceleration.

The Thunder's substitute insider Nick Collison couldn't make up the defense, so he could only watch Thomas make a layup and hit 2 points.

Er Niu applauded Thomas off the court, did not recruit the seasoned Fisher, and insisted on using the little assassin also need to bear a lot of pressure, but Er Niu still insisted on giving the rookie a chance, this is the grace of knowing you.

However, there are not many opportunities for Thomas and Fisher to face each other, because the Thunder's main shot is in the hands of Harden, and Harden's performance tonight is really sluggish.

"Bang!", "Bang!", "Bang!"

That is, after making 4 of 0 shots in the first quarter, Harden made an embarrassing 5 of 1 shots in this quarter.

Yang Shaoxia's defense is serious, but it's hard to say whether Huzi went to the nightclub last night.

As Allen and Battier hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside, the scores of the two teams were further opened.

Even Nick Young knows how to create opportunities for his teammates with continuous breakthroughs, and the situation of the game has further fallen to the side of the Clippers.

The Thunder were suspended, and head coach Scott Brooks had to disrupt the rotation, replacing Durant and Westbrook early.

Fortunately, the Thunder juniors did not continue the poor feel in the first half. They gradually got used to the Clippers' oppressive defense in the second quarter and gradually found the feel.

Er Niu and San Pao returned to the court within the normal rotation time, leading the Clippers to block the Thunder's counterattack and stabilize the score advantage.

At the end of the second quarter, at 29:31, the Clippers still led their opponents by 2 points in a single quarter.

47:62, in an NBA-level confrontation, scoring 47 points in the half is actually not low, but the Clippers' offensive firepower clearly exceeded the Thunder's prediction.

During the half-time interview, Ruan Erniu talked about his views on the game: "We played more proactively tonight, but the opponents were not prepared. They will definitely launch a counterattack in the second half, but I don't think they will have a chance. Go-ahead score."

The Clippers then proved the team leader's idea with practical actions.

In the third quarter, both sides chose to strengthen the confrontation on the defensive end without hesitation.

In the arena like a meat grinder, there are all kinds of unconventional moves from inside and outside.

If the penalties are whistled according to the standards of the regular season, the game will enter the boring scene of mutual free throws early.

Under Paul's interference, Westbrook gradually entered the brainless mode, and once again made an embarrassing data of 5 of 1 shots in a single quarter.

Although people like to say that Westbrook blocked Du Shao, judging from the actual situation of the Thunder, without Westbrook's breakthrough, it would be even more difficult for Durant to get a shot.

The real reason why Westbrook was criticized by countless people should be his stability at critical moments and low offensive efficiency. In short, he failed to score goals.

Throughout Westbrook's career, this season, that is, the 11% shooting percentage in the 12-45.7 season is already the most accurate season for the Turtles.

On this point, Erniu can't even defend the godfather of his son's glutinous rice balls.

As a backcourt player, Kobe had several seasons in which his shooting percentage exceeded 46%. In this regard, Westbrook is too inefficient when compared with Kobe, not to mention Er Niu and James.

At 24:28, as Erniu led the team to play a wave of 11:5 attacks in the second half, the third quarter of the game also came to an end.

At the end of the third quarter, the score of the two teams came to 71:90, which was close to 20 points, making the Thunder basically lose the possibility of reversal.

In the last quarter of the game, James Harden finally woke up like a dream and hit three-pointers on Nick Young's head.

It was too late, and someone from the Clippers also stood up. Sean Battier suddenly entered a explosive state, and a wave of flanking three-pointers quickly killed the Thunder's ability to chase points.

In the second half of the last quarter, it was more like a routine for the girl-picking combination and the Thunder's second junior to return to the court.

After the two sides scored a few goals, they left the field, but the game had already entered garbage time ahead of schedule.

27:39，巴蒂尔单节三分球4投4中，罚球2罚2中，砍下了末节两队最高的14分，顺利帮助主队拿下了西决的G1。

The red indicator light was on, and with the referee's whistle, the Clippers ended the first game with a 1:0 lead over the Thunder.

98:129, the point difference of 31 points is desperate.

If it is only based on a single game, the Thunder has no chance of advancing to the finals!

(End of this chapter)