Although the 8-0 start was a bit unfavorable, it did not break Kerr's pride. He still stood calmly on the sidelines, waiting for the players to adjust themselves.
In fact, with players of Curry Dream's level, there is really no need for emergency Timeout.
In the next offense, they immediately changed. As long as Zaza was not facing a completely empty basket, they would not consider Offensive End's fifth choice.
Curry's Off-Ball Pest is very good. The huge spatial influence affects Thunder's defense. After attracting attention, Klay on the other side catches the ball and Three-Pointer easily takes the shot and completes the score.
Chen Xi took over Basketball at Backcourt and transported it to Frontcourt, then called Adams Pick-and-Roll, after bypassing the cover, faced Zaza who was retreating, started Three steps from a distance, and ended Floater.
From the beginning to now, Thunder's change of tactics is that it no longer forces a matchup with Curry, but instead targets Interior of Warriors, fighting Mismatch in small and big ways.
Warriors's offense was still sharp, and the opening Brick did not affect their mentality.
Durant once again singled out Butler, drastically changing his back pull, and easily hit two points.
Thunder still continued the strategy, Westbrook looked for Pick-and-Roll from Aquaman, made an emergency stop jumper after breaking through one step, and hit again.
This is the price that Pachulia must make a comeback after defending and retreating. To bet on Mid-range on the outside of Thunder, Donovan found this weak link very well, exploited it, and successfully gained a 12-5 advantage in the opening game.
Both sides carried out their strategies resolutely, and the score increased alternately. Kerr was still firmly on the Diaoyutai. He was confident that he did not have to rush to change the formation. Transition Period, Thunder would naturally collapse at the first touch.
At 8 and a half minutes into the first quarter, taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity, both sides began to make substitutions.
Surprisingly, Roberson was brought back to the field by Donovan again.
The lineup of Thunder has become, Sabonis, Grant, Roberson, Chen Xi, Butler.
Donovan uses a lineup of four Wing to deal with the bench of Warriors.
Warriors is a regular rotation, Livingston, Curry, Green, Iguodala, McGee.
Thunder attacks, Chen Xi High Wing holds the ball, attracts Little Sabonis Pick-and-Roll, after breaking through, did not rush to the frame. McGee is different from Pachulia. He has excellent ability to move Rim Protection. There is no need to rush in to challenge. Compared with Chen Xi, when the mid-range shot is not stable enough, Floater who is close to the frame may not be able to hurt him.
Chen Xi chose to pass the ball Bounce pass to Pop Out's Little Sabonis, who received the ball and shot Long Two against the interference of Livingston.
Two points were scored, and Thunder 32 led by 8 points to 24.
Overshadowed by the brilliance of Chen Xi, many people have ignored the progress of Sabonis. Little Sabonis, who joined the additional training team, has also improved very quickly. After a long period of dedicated training, he has successfully expanded his projection range and at the same time improved the accuracy of Mid-range.
Therefore, Thunder often uses Timberwolves's 15 Pick and Roll and center Pop Out's finishing tactics to increase the usage rate of Little Sabonis.
Curry held the ball again and came outside the Three-Pointer line. The lob was given to Livingston, who Post-up Roberson Roberson, the role of Roberson can be revealed at this time. Excellent defense, successfully interfered with the relatively thin Livingston, turned over and Mid-range popped out of the frame.
Butler took off Rebound and started to advance with the ball.
In order to prevent the situation against Spurs from happening again, Butler serves as Ball Handler in this lineup, and there is also Little Sabonis as a transfer station, so there is no need to worry about double-teaming the ball.
When Frontcourt, Hand-off passed to Chen Xi, Chase Defense helped him fend off Livingston.
Chen Xi catches the ball and starts, seeing Curry approaching, he immediately retreats and pretends to be Three-Point Shot, successfully points Curry, then drops the ball to break through, avoiding Iguodala Help defense jumps to the frame.
A large loop lever under the basket avoided McGee's block and scored the ball.
10 points ahead!
This is an advantage that Thunder has never had. Warriors's bench failed to bring the score back!
Kerr frowned. This ball was Chen Xi's one-on-three magic ball. He didn't care that much, but the previous offensive failure was what he should pay attention to.
The lineup of four forwards has raised Thunder's defense to a higher level, and more trouble is still to come.
When Warriors started to execute the tactics, Curry's Off-Ball Pest was actually blocked from both ends. Green took back the Basketball that almost came out in time.
Roberson successfully locked Curry at the right time Help defense, while Butler stood in a delicate position, taking into account both ends. Livingston and Green were not outstanding. Three-Pointer has become the key point restricting Warriors's attack. Butler can completely move farther away, then read the attack and choose one of Closeout. With good positioning control, he can successfully achieve local one-to-two defense.
Warriors's attack stalled, Green had no choice but to take action Three-Pointer, and under the interference of Butler Brick.
Chen Xi picked off Rebound to advance the counterattack. At this time, Roberson immediately dropped Fast Break. Chen Xi threw the ball far away. Roberson caught the ball and scored easily with a smash.
12 points.
The game began to enter the rhythm that Thunder liked, and the signature defensive counterattack appeared again.
He looked up at the time and saw that it was still just over a minute ago. Kerr decided to save this Timeout and shouted a few words from the sidelines to cheer up the players and improve their concentration.
Warriors, who re-attacked, changed to Curry to hold the ball, but the person in front of Curry became Butler. After repeated stir-ups, failed to hold the ball. Top of the Key threw away JB's Curry, but chose to lean towards Green who had a tacit understanding of Move up for pick and roll on the other side, bypassed JB through the cover, and then entered Interior.
Grant made timely defense and provided sufficient interference. Curry chose to pass the ball to McGee who was under the basket. The latter received the ball and hit Sabonis with his back, then turned around. The last Hook Shot made a move. Unfortunately, today's Oracle Arena didn't seem to give the home team much face. Basketball hit the board and bounced back to the hands of Little Sabonis.
Immediately play the ball to Chen Xi.
After catching the ball, he quickly pushed back and pushed Livingston all the way to the Three-Pointer line. After reaching this position, facing the sudden increase in intensity of Livingston, Contact, Chen Xi retreated back. After opening up the space, Bait Buddha shook the center of gravity of Livingston, broke through again, and reached the basket. After changing hands in the air, he twisted his waist and came up with a jelly Layup.
Before he even landed, he saw Livingston waving his long arms and hitting Rebound. Fortunately, he predicted the move in advance and successfully avoided the block.
Chen Xi breathed a sigh of relief, relying on the badge to make his first step fast enough, but his foot strength was still not enough in the later stages, and he was easily chased. Fortunately, he secretly practiced.
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