Basketball Myth: Super Guard

After a few minutes in the first quarter, there was not much difference in points on the court, but the Thunder still led by 4 points.

For this result, the home fans are somewhat depressed. You must know that in the past twelve games, the 76ers have played very well, and can suppress their opponents in almost every game. Even if there are some twists and turns, they are still in a controllable range. Like, fans believe that the team can control the situation and win the game.

But today's game made the home fans feel a little confused.

"Butler can't guard Durant either. This is too incomprehensible. With his height, he can also shoot through, prevent breakthroughs from shooting, and prevent shots from breakthroughs."

"Three-time scoring champion, do you think it’s luck? Butler’s inability to guard Durant is actually not surprising, but I am a little disappointed that Butler doesn’t seem to have lost the enthusiasm of the past few games on the offensive end. In the past few minutes, he has only shot three times and entered one."

"Yes......"

The lineups between the two sides are actually not much different. The inside 76ers have Nene + Speights, the Thunder have Perkins + Ibaka, and the 76ers are Iguodala on the second position, which is better than the Thunder. The team’s Sefrosa is stronger, but Durant is clearly better than Butler in the 3rd position.

Fortunately, Qin Hao did a good job of Westbrook's defense and didn't let Westbrook open.

But on the 76ers side, Butler also got into trouble on the offensive end. He was struggling and his shooting percentage was not high. It seemed that he had lost the state he had in the previous few games.

This is why the 76ers are behind.

"boom!"

With a muffled sound, Butler's three-pointer hit the iron. Durant's height was too high and his arms were long, which interfered with Butler's shooting.

The Thunder counterattacked with a rebound and gave it to Durant on the frontcourt. Durant broke through and encountered a assisted defense. It was given to Ibaka and Ibaka made a low jumper.

The difference is 6 points.

"beep......"

Coach Luke called a timeout.

When the players came off the court, Butler lowered his head, feeling a little depressed. The defensive end could not prevent Durant, and the offensive end shot 1 of 4, which was really depressed.

"Substitution." Coach Luke substituted, replaced Butler with a small card.

Then he spread out the tactical board, while drawing the tactics, while laying out: "Leonard, your task is to guard Durant, stick to him, you can't let him score easily."

Xiaoka nodded, her expression a bit solemn.

Coach Luke looked at Qin Hao again: "Qin, we need to score. Later, you have to strengthen your personal offense and focus on scoring. Others should pay attention to screens and pick-and-rolls for Qin to open up space for him to create points. Opportunity, you know?"

"Yes."

"clear."

Everyone responded.

Qin Hao was very efficient in the previous games, but he didn't make many shots, so on average, he scored twenty points in a game. That's because Butler played well, averaging 30+ per game. With such a strong scoring point, Qin Hao naturally didn't need to score crazy points.

But today Butler struggled a bit against Durant, and he was not very strong on both ends of the offense and defense, so Qin Hao had to be relied on.

The Thunder have Durant, and the 76ers must also come forward and score points.

The suspension soon ended.

Both sides returned to the court and there were some changes in personnel. The 76ers replaced Butler with a small card, and the Thunder replaced Sefrosa and Kevin Martin.

Martin was a starter for the Rockets last season, but he became a substitute after the Thunder. The Thunder were unwilling to change the original team structure. Before Harden was the "sixth man" in the Thunder, so did Martin come. "The Sixth Man".

This basically means that the two have switched, but Harden went to the Rockets to start directly, and he was still trained as a core, and Martin was equal to relegation.

Today Westbrook is not strong offensively, not much better than Butler, so coach Brooks sent Martin to strengthen the offense and at the same time share the scoring pressure for Durant.

You can't keep pointing at Durant and let people rest.

......

76ers offense.

Qin Hao pushed forward with the ball. After arriving in the frontcourt, he called for a pick-and-roll to form a change of defense. Ibaka posted a delay and rushed quickly, not giving Qin Hao a three-pointer.

Everyone knows that the three-pointer is Qin Hao's killer, and he must not be given a three-pointer, but this time Qin Hao didn't plan to shoot a three-pointer. After the pick-and-roll, he suddenly stopped and passed Ibaka in an instant.

"not good."

"Match up defense."

The Thunder reacted quickly and immediately made up for defense.

However, Qin Hao was also prepared. After taking a step forward, he directly threw the shot. The defender stood on the inside line and couldn't jump up even if he wanted to pounce. He watched the basketball draw an arc and finally penetrated the net.

After a while, Qin Hao made another shot. This time it was a breakthrough to score the ball and pass it to Kay. Then he moved by himself, caught the screen of Nei and kicked off the defense, came to outside the three-point line, and Kay passed the ball to Qin Hao. , Qin Hao made a three-pointer when he received the ball, without stopping at all.

Huh!

Go in again.

Now the Thunder began to frown. Butler was in poor condition, but Qin Hao suddenly broke out. This scoring efficiency was no worse than Durant.

Seeing Qin Hao's consecutive goals, coach Luke relaxed, returned to his seat, sat down beside Butler, and said: "Don't worry, Durant is the three-time scoring champion. Looking at the entire league, there are a few more people. Can you stop him?"

Butler smiled bitterly: "But I didn't play well offensively."

It's normal to be unable to guard against Durant, a player who has no solution, but Butler can't guard against it. It's the same with other players. At best, it's better.

For example, Kaka is on the court at this time, and there is no way to defend Durant, but Kaka has long arms and is very researched on defense. He is stronger than Butler and has to do defense against Durant. It's better, at least it didn't let Durant ask for it.

It doesn't matter if you can't help it, Butler himself understands that as long as he can get it back on the offensive end, but he made 1 of 4 shots and fell into a disadvantage.

"Haha." Coach Luke suddenly laughed and patted Butler's arm. "Why, I feel frustrated and depressed?"

"A little bit."

"It's okay to be depressed." Coach Luke said: "I always think that only through setbacks can one grow."

"Jimmy, what you need to do is to adjust yourself, don’t compare with Durant, he is already three-time scoring leader, you are only the third season. What you have to do is to try to be yourself until one day you truly Be stronger and face Durant again, and you will find that you don’t need to compare him. He is very good, but you are also very good."

Butler lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said: "Coach, I understand."

For Butler's poor performance in the past few minutes, Coach Luke felt that it was not entirely a bad thing. The previous few games Butler played too well and too smoothly. Now he has encountered some setbacks, but it can calm him down.