Basketball: starting from the nerve knife

Chapter 64: Fighting Supersonic

So far, Kevin Durant is averaging 20.6 points per game, the highest number of points per game among rookies in the class of ’07, and the only one who has averaged more than 20 points per game.

It is said that he should become the most talked about newcomer of the 07th class at present.

Judging from the amount of reports, this is not the case, Li Wan, a newcomer, with his presence in Los Angeles and the “nerve knife” attribute, the amount of reports is at least twice as much as him.

Kevin Durant is really upset, before Greg Auden was injured, he was second, Greg Auden is injured now, he is still second, isn’t this Auden injured in vain?

He is really tired of wearing the hat of “second old”, this game, he will prove who is the “rookie who should be watched the most in the class of 07”!

With his eyes staring directly at Li Wan, he wanted to tell Li Wan that he was not afraid of Kevin Durant than scoring explosiveness.

But this reason, how could Li Wan guess, shook his head speechlessly. ——Unexpectedly, this child is actually a “fool” at a young age!

Kevin Durant noticed that Li Wan shook his head slightly, his expression changed greatly, his eyes were a little more resentful, his lips trembled slightly, and his hands couldn’t help but clench into fists.

Does this guy think I can’t?

Durant, who was even more angry, no longer delayed, walked to the bench, unzipped his very conspicuous pink school bag, took out his arm guards from inside, dressed neatly, and began to warm up.

The “flame of anger” enveloped Kevin Durant, and as soon as the game came up, he was one step away from the three-point line, catching the ball and shooting, and when Kobe Bryant reached forward, he found that this guy’s arm span was even longer than he thought.

The ball should fall into the frame.

2-0！

Kevin Durant came up and scored, and he kept clenching his fists in defense, excited for his good hand tonight. Now he is more confident that he will be more impressed than Li Wan in terms of scoring.

It’s just that the excitement in his return to defense is a little out of line in Kobe’s opinion, a little too proud!

Wiped the collar of the jersey, Kobe switched to the “Black Mamba” mode.

The SuperSonics’ first game of the new season was played against the Nuggets. Kevin Durant met the league’s top scorer Cameron Anthony on his NBA regular-season career debut, and at the end of that game, Cameron Anthony scored 32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 10-of-21 shooting, shooting 50% from the field!

On the other hand, Kevin Durant, the game ended with 18 points and 5 rebounds, looking good, but only 7 of 22, shooting 31.8%.

At that time, after the game, Kevin Durant returned to Seattle on a passenger plane, stepped on the plane’s lifting stairs, almost did not step steady, his whole person was confused!

He was thinking: Is this the way every night in the NBA?

This made him lose confidence.

Fortunately, in the next few games, he found that he only met the league’s top players in the first game.

But in the next few minutes of grappling with Kobe, he found out that he was wrong, moreover, it was outrageously wrong!

Cameron Anthony may be one of the best players in the league, but when it comes to the top, the bald man wearing the Lakers’ No. 24 and looking stingy at first glance gives him much stronger pressure than Cameron Anthony.

With Kobe Bryant’s defense, he couldn’t even make a normal shot.

And when he faced Kobe Bryant who was holding the ball, he was shaken a little and couldn’t keep up.

He was blown up, completely exploded.

P-J Calesimo on the sidelines wanted to take his glasses off.

Looking at it again, he felt like his migraine was about to happen.

Kevin Durant’s strength has always been a problem, and he couldn’t complete even one of the bench press tests in the joint trial, and the actual situation is not so bad, but it is not optimistic.

He made a bold attempt in the new season, putting Kevin Durant in the No. 2 position. With his mobility, he is not at all worried about not being able to prevent the outside line. But now it seems that even in the second position, Kevin Durant will still encounter his own power to suppress the opposition.

Especially when it comes to a guard swingman like Kobe.

Kevin Durant is the Sonics’ lead attacker, averaging 20.6 points per game.

But that doesn’t mean the Thunder don’t have other scorers, with power forward Chris Wilcox averaging 13.4 points per game, small forward Jeff Green averaging 10.6 points per game, and point guard Neil Watson averaging 10.8 points per game.

When Kevin Durant was locked up by Kobe, they also stood up and responded to Kobe, who kept scoring.

With 7:15 in the first quarter, the Lakers led by just 3 points.

“Let Li go up! ”

Phil Jackson glanced at the score and time, asked Phil Handy to notify Levan to replace Luke Wharton on the court, and then asked Bryant to play the No. 3 position.

This is the Nuggets’ game, his change of formation, from the effect point of view, not bad, except for Bynum, Li Wan and other main players communicate very smoothly.

He is ready to fix this lineup.

Even he himself did not find out that his use of Li Wan was gradually “fancy”, from the second position to the first position, and then to the third position …

What was originally just an idea to exert his scoring explosiveness has also become an expectation for him in all aspects.

Li Wan stood on the sidelines waiting to play, Kevin Durant saw him come up, his originally confused head instantly sobered, and his eyes were a little more angry. He turned to look at P-J Calecimo on the sidelines and asked with his eyes to keep him on the field.

P-J Calésimo instinctively backed away, and since that lock, he has avoided players who are in a mood, agitated or angry. Even if Kevin Durant is a good boy.

“Toot! ”

Jeff Green’s spiritual attack caused Luke Walton to pay for a foul.

Two free throws.

The cheers at the scene were the first penalty in a steady shot.

The beep sounded, and Li Wan came on. The scene immediately resounded with a lot of boos.

“Is Lee already a player of this level? ”

Mike Conley was sitting on the amber leather sofa in front of the TV at the moment, waiting for Li Wan to avenge him, and seeing the boos on the sidelines caused by Li Wan’s appearance, he deliberately raised his mouth to make him look at the mature “mouth-shaped” beard, and his eyes showed envy, he always thought that it was a cool thing to cause boos on the sidelines.

It’s just that now he has a sense of existence that is still a little transparent in the NBA.

This guy is definitely over 2 meters 11.

Standing next to Kevin Durant, Li Wan is more sure that this guy has the height of a center. Think again that he has such height, and such physical coordination…

What a pervert!

Jeff Green hit a solid second free throw to close the gap to one point.

The Lakers still gave the ball to Kobe.

Jeff Green stood in front of Kobe, this is P-J. Calesimo’s adjustment, he has long wanted to change the formation, but the Lakers’ No. 3 Luke Wharton confrontation ability is not comparable to Kevin Durant, so transposition, just let the Lakers change someone to impact Kevin Durant.

Li Wan is different, looking stronger than Kevin Durant, but there is no obvious difference. Durant should not suffer too much against him.

Jeff Green is the 5th pick in the first round this year, and the Celtics drafted him to the SuperSonics in exchange for league top scorer Ray Allen.

As a junior who entered the draft, Jeff Green has a very good ability to fight both defensively and offensively. It’s just that in front of Kobe, his strength is still a little inadequate.

“Ugh! ”

Turning forward and moving sideways and back-up jumpers, Kobe Bryant used this trick to gradually become his signature shooting technique, hitting the ball firmly to the basket. Jeff Green has the ability to fight against Kevin Durant, but this does not translate into interference with Kobe.

“Come, come, come, let’s fight back again! ”

Earl Watson held the ball halfway.

Kevin Durant’s movement is positive, and the desire to attack is written on his face.

Li Wan followed behind him, recalling the results of yesterday’s analysis in his mind.

The data shows that Kevin Durant has shot 73.3% in 6 preseason games and 5 regular season games since entering the league, in addition, 59.3% of the overall assist power and 64.8% of the jump shot assist power. This shows that Kevin Durant is a typical traditional two-position play, mainly shooting and not having the ball.

Playing like this will definitely not fully show Kevin Durant’s static dynamic talent, but P-J. Calesimo did it anyway, which shows at least two points: Kevin Durant’s ability to play against forward players is not enough, in addition to the lack of NBA-level ball handling.

This conclusion was also confirmed in Kobe’s defense of Kevin Durant.

It’s a pity that Li Wan doesn’t have Kobe’s core strength and can’t stick it very decisively like Kobe. He chose to grab two high spots, and whenever Kevin Durant came near those two positions, Lee Wan would interfere with the rest of the Thunder’s pass by grabbing the position early.

This is another discovery he made when studying Kevin Durant’s footage and data.

Kevin Durant has played smart this season.

He knew that a single pitcher would definitely be limited by close defensive defension, so he often made some mid-range jumpers.

In the manuals of most NBA coaches, long-range two-pointers are the least efficient and erratic way to score on the court.

But because Kevin Durant already has the ability to shoot from the NBA three-point line, the mid-range distance is not difficult for him. And after receiving the ball in this position, as long as the defender dares to defend it, he will immediately use the big stride brought by his excellent static talent, pass the opponent in one step, and raid the basket to complete the score.

Most of the number two positions in the league, in the case of closeness, can not block his first step, the pace is too big!

But this can only be used as a means of “cold arrows”.

This is also the reason why his breakthrough success rate is as high as 89.1%, and the proportion of total shots with the ball and layups is only about 7%.

Lee Wan is now grabbing the position early, forcing Kevin Durant to move where he doesn’t shoot often.

“Bang! ”

Kevin Durant, who received the shot, watched the shot deflect and secretly cursed “fxxk!” ”

The Lakers’ counterattack, the ball was transferred to the top of the arc, Li Wan’s hand, P-J. Calesimo shouted a little nervously, asking others to pay attention to changing defenses.

The assistant teaching team of the Supersonics has studied Li Wan, and he has a very cunning set of “hand-to-hand” feints at the top of the arc, and many teams have suffered losses in this tactic.

Kevin Durant is on the look.

Li Wan did not play any fake moves, Kobe Bryant bypassed behind him, and he obediently handed over the ball. Just the moment the ball left his hand, he immediately made a no-ball movement from Kevin Durant’s left side, and the start was sudden, and Kevin Durant reacted quickly and turned back to chase. But at this time, Li Wan retreated outside the three-point line.

Rao is Kevin Durant’s agility like a guard, but he can only watch Li Wan re-catch the ball and shoot.

But this arc…

Kevin Durant, who is good at shooting from a long distance, was a little puzzled by Li Wan’s shot. And when the ball was about to fly to the basket, Odom grabbed the ball and easily completed the empty catch, his doubts were gone.

This is not a three-point shot, but an empty connection linked with the inside line.

The view is so good!

Phil Jackson looked at Phil Handy next to him, and the two of them smiled heartily, showing comfortable expressions.

Such an attack looks too comfortable.

Li Wan’s breakthrough no-ball run shook Kevin Durant’s foot, and also made the Supersonics inside line can’t help but step forward to make up for defense, which caused a leak under the basket, although it was only for a moment, but it was still caught by Li Wan.

(End of chapter)