pinnacle swinger

Chapter 259 Thunder Dilemma
Harden's state is surprisingly poor, especially after entering the finals, he is simply out of his mind.

Logically speaking, the 76ers' defensive focus is basically on Durant, and at most another part is on Westbrook. Harden's defensive pressure should be relatively small, but after entering the finals, he did not play the Spurs At that time, the demeanor of the Super Sixth Man.

After this sharp knife was abolished, Thunderclap's overall strength dropped by [-]% in an instant, because as far as the lineup was concerned, Thunderclap was not perfect.

The biggest problem for the Thunder is that there is no low-post offense in positional warfare, just like the 76ers last year. There are two blue-collars inside, one is an awkward mid-range relying on feeding the ball, and the other can only put a basket under the basket at best, and grab it twice at most. Hit the board close up after the rebound.Whether it's Westbrook or Durant, they are both the kind of face-to-face offensive madmen, and the low-post offense has no power and can only be hehe.

Of course, the Thunder is a modernist team, and its offense can be ranked among the top five in the league without relying on the low post.

Even the entire atmosphere of the league is like this, with more and more breakthroughs to the basket and three-pointers, and the mid-range gradually withdraws from the core position of the team's tactics.

Unfortunately, the 76ers have the league's top perimeter defense and the best interior frame protection ability. Westbrook and Durant played very hard. Harden, who was originally counting on, had been sleepwalking in the first two games. In a life-and-death home game, Harden didn't have the momentum to die with the enemy at all.

In the 5 minutes of the first quarter, he made 3 of 0 shots and made 2 turnovers, and was passed by Tang Wenlong many times. What's the use of staring at the basket?

The 76ers led by another 31 points 23 to 8 to end the first quarter.

Tang Wenlong exhaled, his black jersey was soaked in sweat, "It's really hot in Thunderclap's arena, is the air conditioner broken?"

"Who knows, maybe this is the Thunder's tactic." Iguodala thought maliciously, the energy arena is really too hot today, it's like a big steamer.

"The temperature in Oklahoma is already high today, and more than 2 people at the scene breathe and emit carbon dioxide. It is normal that the air conditioner is not enough." Whiteside explained for the Thunder, which sounds quite reasonable.

Tang Wenlong looked at him in surprise, raised his eyebrows, "Hassan, you still pay attention to the weather, why does the young man look like an old man?"

"It's an old man to pay attention to the weather. I basically check the weather forecast every day when I get up." Whiteside refused to accept it. He thought he just loved life.

"Okay." Tang Wenlong rolled his eyes.

Fortunately, a staff member handed over a clean white towel at this time, and Tang Wenlong immediately took it and wiped his slippery neck and cheeks. He really wanted to take a cold shower at this time.

The heat was mutual as players on both sides kept sweating off the floor and the pitch got a bit slippery in places.

Both teams in the court game immediately had problems. First, Lewis broke through and slid directly, and the basketball was given to "Old Fish" Fisher for nothing, and then Westbrook, who stayed on the court and led the team to play, confronted Butler physically when he broke through. The two slid together, like a gourd rolling on the floor, the basketball was released and rolled on the ground, Ibaka flew to grab the ball, and slid directly out of the sideline on the floor.

Coincidentally, he slid right in front of Tang Wenlong who was sitting on the bench, as if he were giving a courtier's gift.

Tang Wenlong blinked his eyes and pursed his mouth: You can't laugh.

Ibaka blushed, and before his teammates came to help him, he immediately got up from the ground in embarrassment, and returned the ball to the 76ers.

Iguodala turned his head and covered his head with a towel, leaning on Tang Wenlong's shoulder and laughing uncontrollably, he was afraid that his presumptuousness would attract hatred.In fact, many Thunder fans at the scene laughed. The whole basketball game turned into a wrestling meeting and an ice skating rink?

The referee took advantage of the time when the ball was dead and asked the staff to come on the field and quickly deal with some slippery places.

Five or six staff rushed up, first mopped the ground back and forth frantically, and then took out a huge white towel and wiped it on the ground, and it was as clean as ever after a while.

"The finals are just different. Cleaning the floor is so professional." The team's rookie Leuer sighed. Although he hardly played in this year's playoffs, he followed the team all the way to the finals. Moreover, he is still a player in the 12-man roster. For a second-round pick, he can have a chance to win the championship in his rookie season, and his happiness index is already very high.

In other words, skills can be practiced, body can be grown, and money can be earned slowly, but such things as championships are not a commodity, and many superstars can reach the top all their lives.

Therefore, the two teams made a lot of mistakes on the court. Tang Wenlong played again after a 3-minute break.

He twisted his neck, clasped the fingers of both hands, flexed his knuckles, then walked to the sideline to serve and passed it directly to Louis.

Louis dribbled the ball continuously under his crotch, and passed the ball to Tang Wenlong after halftime.

Tang Wenlong didn't stop the ball, and then turned to the right to give it to Butler on the wing. Butler hugged the basketball tightly.Tang Wenlong then came out to cover Speights for him without the ball, and ran to the low post. Butler lobbed him, and Tang Wenlong directly faced Collison in a low position.

"Misplaced, double-teamed!" Brooks shouted from the sidelines.

Tang Wenlong caught the ball, flicked it, took a step back from the dribble, and shot a jumper!

Collison didn't expect Tang Wenlong to make such a shot at all. Generally, a small player would choose to break through when facing a big player. Tang Wenlong's step-back jump shot is just the opposite.

He didn't have time to interfere, Tang Wenlong almost had an empty spot, but the difficulty of shooting was a bit high.

命中，个人本场比赛的第10分，76人38比30领先雷霆8分。

The Thunder's old pick-and-roll offense found no tactical effect after the block. Westbrook directly attacked from the outside, facing the defense of the 76ers rookie Butler!
"Fuck, why is it so difficult for the 76ers to come to an outside line at random?" Westbrook complained endlessly in his heart, suddenly Butler failed, and directly pulled out with one step inside the three-point line.

Seriously interfered by Butler, missed.

The rebound was easily accepted by Tang Wenlong, and then he dribbled the ball in two steps and dribbled behind his back to avoid Collison who was delaying his attack, and jogged forward across the half court.

At the top of the arc, Tang Wenlong asked Speights to pick and roll. When he dribbled to the left, he was double-teamed by the Thunder and found a gap to pass the ball to Speights.

Facing Collison who was rushing again, Speights made a two-point jumper steadily and made a hit. 40 to 30.

As soon as Tang Wenlong came on the field, the tactics of the 76ers became flexible again. The 76ers scored two goals in a row, and the situation on the field became unfavorable for the Thunder again.

Before the end of halftime, the Thunder barely kept the point difference at this point. The toughness and aggressiveness they said before the game were all played out, but they couldn't prevent the 76ers from attacking. No matter how they feel, the 76ers will always On the court, he sent the ball to the open teammates, even if he couldn't, Tang Wenlong made unreasonable shots, and his hit rate was extremely high.

(End of this chapter)