Eight and a half minutes into the first quarter, Kerr called out Timeout, replaced Curry and Durant with Iguodala and Livingston.
Thunder also took advantage of the situation and came on as a substitute.
Little Sabonis, Westbrook take a break, and Butler takes the point guard position.
The lineup of Thunder has become Chen Xi, Butler, Roberson, Harris, Collins.
Timeout ended quickly, and the first attack after returning was started by Chen Xi.
After controlling the ball alone to Top of the Key, Isolation Klay, after the continuous rhythm Dribble, accelerated and rushed into Free-Throw Line, Bait Buddha feinted, successfully swayed to Klay, and then reached the basket, changed hands to Layup in the air, and successfully scored.
Thunder 27 is 24, behind Three-Pointer.
Green serves to Livingston, who then passes back to Green.
Green went from Dribble to Frontcourt alone, and then gave the high status to Livingston.
After catching the ball, hit Chen Xi.
First, lean back and use your back to feel the position of Chen Xi, and then lower the ball and hit it. Although you can't open up the space, after creating Contact, it will help you find your rhythm.
After shaking your shoulders continuously, turn to the left and lean back.
His height of 2.01 meters and wingspan of 2.11 meters are his real trump card.
Chen Xi Even if there is no loss of position at all and it jumps up immediately to interfere, it is of no avail.
Basketball slowly fell into the bag and scored two points.
Cosmic Warriors is another killer on the bench, Livingston's low Isolation.
Chen Xi, who received Butler's serve again, did not rush to advance. Instead, he communicated with JB while walking and signaled him to change defense next Possession.
Let JB, who has more size and better defense, limit Livingston, put Green on Harris, and Roberson on Iguodala.
After the exchange, Chen Xi Dribble came to Frontcourt. Facing Klay's single defense, after shaking his hips continuously, he accelerated to the left and broke through. Roberson provided a timely cover, allowing Chen Xi to easily pass the cover.
Green immediately provided a strong cover and stepped forward to defend, not giving Chen Xi a chance to take action against Three-Pointer.
Chen Xi immediately accelerated upon seeing this, and then On the Move threw the ball to Harris on the other side.
Toha catches the ball and directly pulls Three-Pointer.
Huh~~
29 to 27
Your bench is awesome, and my bench is not bad either!
Attacking again, Warriors still chose to create a chance for Isolation in the low position for Livingston, but this time the defender became JB.
In this case, Livingston still chose to turn over and lean back after playing with his back. Then JB saw through it at a glance and reached out to cut the ball down when he was closing the ball. Then he quickly controlled the ball and then transferred it to Chen Xi who was playing Fast Break.
Chen Xi caught the ball and came to the Three-Pointer line. He raised his hand and hit Chasedown Three-pointer.
Huh~~
Still going.
Thunder overtakes!
Kerr immediately shouted angrily at Klay from the sidelines.
"Don't give him a chance to switch! Keep an eye on him!!"
It doesn't matter if the offense fails once or twice, but this conversion of Chasedown Three-pointer greatly boosted morale, especially after the goal was scored, Thunder completed the lead at the end of the first quarter.
Warriors Re-inbound pass.
Livingston controlled the ball to Frontcourt. Facing Butler, this time he chose to take one step and play the ball to Iguodala on the right.
The first brother holds the ball Isolation Roberson, breaks through quickly with the ball, squeezes half of his body, and then rushes to the paint area in Contact, deliberately slows down, uses the rhythm change to mislead Roberson's defense, and then reaches out Layup.
But Collins who was on the side quickly jumped out and let go of Pachulia, causing interference.
Basketball bounced twice on the frame, but it still rolled out.
Harris jumped high, protected Backcourt Rebound, and then handed it over to Butler to advance the transformation.
Chen Xi repeated his old trick and wanted to launch Fast Break, but was blocked by Klay. Hedge slowed down the advancement speed. He had no choice but to slow down and wait for Teammates to be in position before starting Off-Ball Pest.
High Wing's JB faked a sudden pass, broke through to Mid-range, sideways avoided Green Help defense, and passed the ball to Harris on the outside.
Toha kept Transfer ball again, giving Chen Xi that had just been wound out of Baseline, and Three-Pointer took action again.
Come on!!
29 to 33!
Kerr immediately called out Timeout, who needed to reorganize the players' thinking.
Klay is the most stable offensive arrow on the field, but Possession did not participate in the attack for several consecutive times. This is undoubtedly a waste.
Moreover, facing Chen Xi and Butler, the outside defense was broken through too easily, forcing Green to continuously assist in defense, which weakened Interior's defense from another angle.
"Entering Timeout, welcome everyone back to our studio." Commentator Duan Ran said calmly to divert the audience's attention.
"Teacher Duan, what do you think of Thunder's sudden wave of attacks?"
"The outside defensive resources of Thunder are still too good. Warriors's strategy after the substitution at the beginning was to give Livingston an opportunity to create Isolation, and Thunder chose to use outside players to defend alone. Chen Xi tried to defend, but failed to defend, so they immediately changed players and replaced them with Butler to limit it. The effect was immediate. This This shows the decisiveness of Thunder, who immediately changed his strategy when he realized the problem, but the Warriors side did not have such reaction speed. The second Possession, after seeing the change of defender, still chose the same strategy, so Thunder immediately seized the opportunity to switch offense and defense. It was a 5-pointer from inside and outside."
"Yes, facing Butler, Livingston's offense is not enough. Plus Chen Xi's Touch is online, Thunder's offensive level is also guaranteed."
"Indeed, I think it is necessary to re-evaluate the level of Chen Xi. This player has improved so fast that he has changed drastically every few days. According to our reporter, Chen Xi works very hard in daily training and almost fills his life with Basketball. This is very rare for a player who has just signed a big contract."
"Yes, this is where he is different from many American players. We can often see that after signing a big contract, many players will fall into a period of decadence and start to enjoy themselves, slack off in training, and slack off in work. But Chen Xi is different. Whether it is an annual salary of 550,000 or 24 million, he is consistent and maintains high-intensity training day after day. This is what I think we need to learn from him."
"Okay, Timeout will end soon. Let's turn our attention back to the game and see what adjustments Warriors will make?"
"Oh, Kerr has made a substitution. He dropped Green and Pachulia and replaced them with Looney and McGee. The field became a twin tower lineup."
"Well, Thunder has also made a substitution. McDermott replaced Chen Xi, and Grant replaced Roberson. Although Chen Xi is out, the space attributes of this lineup are quite good."