May 18, Chesapeake Energy Arena
Golden State Warriors is a guest of Oklahoma City and challenges Thunder.
From the very beginning of the game, you can see the changes made by Kerr to Thunder.
Adjust McGee to Starting Lineup, give full play to his Athleticism, increase the assist defense range to limit the end of Thunder's Mid-range, and greatly increase the appearance time of Iguodala to consume Thunder's Wing group.
Thunder unfortunately failed to continue the excellent Touch from the previous game, Westbrook was inaccurate, Mid-range, and Chen Xi was only close to the frame Floater was able to maintain high efficiency, which made 15 Pick and Roll's strategy of naming the center invalid. In addition, Durant increased the proportion of attacking the frame, so Adams encountered foul trouble early.
Thunder regretted losing to Golden State Warriors 99-117, losing his first home game.
The completely one-sided situation once again dealt a heavy blow to the Fanss of Thunder.
It's easy to lose and hard to win.
After the game, Westbrook stayed in the venue and practiced alone until late at night. He only made 8 of 23 shots today, which was ridiculously inefficient.
May 20
Lei Yong G4
It is still the home court of Thunder.
After McGee jumped to take possession of the ball, Warriors started his first attack.
Curry Top of the Key holds the ball, Pick-and-Roll calls Chen Xi.
After the continuous rhythm Dribble, the retreating dry pull Three-Pointer quickly struck.
Chen Xi Closeout couldn't catch up, so he could only look back and watch Basketball slide into the mesh bag.
Adams Baseline served quickly, Westbrook held the ball and quickly pushed through the half court, but Warriors retreated quickly. After three games, they have been able to adapt to Thunder's transition rhythm.
Seeing that Fast Break had no chance, Westbrook controlled the rhythm and waited for Teammates to fall into position.
Recruit Pick-and-Roll from Adams and continue to try military training Warriors Interior.
McGee's defense expands outward, and the excellent Athleticism allows him to better balance Interior's defense.
Westbrook came around the screen to McGee. Seeing that the opportunity was not good, he chose to calm down and pass the ball back to Adams.
Aquaman waited on the spot after catching the ball. Chen Xi ran quickly. Hand-off caught Basketball and at the same time blocked Thompson with Aquaman.
Chen Xi who came to Curry immediately activated Crossover Step and rushed inward. McGee on the other side immediately returned to defense.
After Chen Xi squeezed past Curry, Three steps jumped directly, Mid-range took off, and then Floater took action.
Scored two points.
3 to 2
Warriors ball rights.
Curry continues to attack with the ball, Top of the Key invites Pick-and-Roll from McGee, pulls one step horizontally and directly Three-Point Shot.
Come on!
Stephen·Curry, today's Touch is hot.
Chen Xi received the serve from Westbrook, passed Midcourt Line alone, and at a 45-degree angle, waited for Pick-and-Roll from Butler.
After breaking through Klay, it attracted Durant Help defense.
Chen Xi is passed out and Bounce pass is passed to Butler.
The latter caught the ball and rushed to the frame, met McGee Contact in the air, and then threw the ball.
Didn't score, but caused a foul on McGee.
Twice Free Throw.
After two free throws were made steadily, Thunder retreated quickly.
McGee picked up Basketball and quickly sent it to Curry. When it came to Frontcourt, it was still Pick-and-Roll. It was still a dry pull after the first step, and it was still forward.
"Stephen!!!!! Curry!!!!!!"
"Mirror, Mirror!! Who is the most accurate player in the world?!!"
Realizing that Curry's state was a bit abnormal, Donovan immediately called out to his teammates from the sidelines.
Let Westbrook be more active in crowding the screen, and at the same time let other players flank Curry on the strong side.
The series has reached the fourth game, and there is actually very little room for both sides to change tactics.
The routines, systems, and underlying logic of both sides have basically been figured out. At this time, it depends on the players' on-the-spot performance.
The team's hard power, defensive enthusiasm, discipline, and core Touch.
Unfortunately, the person who made the most of Touch today is Warriors.
When everyone else was in ordinary condition, Curry used Three-Pointer balls one after another to open up the score step by step.
At halftime, Thunder 47 was 16 points behind Warriors 63.
It cannot be said that Thunder did not play well, it did everything it needed to do.
The defender actively squeezed the screen and the flankers actively helped defend against double teams. At the same time, Offensive End continued 15 Pick and Roll's strategy and scored a lot of points by targeting Interior and Thunder.
But Curry can't be restricted by double-teaming. The second Possession after being double-teamed, he took the initiative to enter Off-Ball, and Green organized the attack.
In a team like Warriors, you can't flank Curry without the ball without limit.
Klay·Thompson, Kevin·Durant, if you dare to let these two go, they will really kill you.
Nowadays, heaven and earth are united. With the restraint brought by Curry's exaggerated Touch, after switching to playing without the ball, Teammates was also liberated.
The defensive expansion of Thunder caused the difficulty of Rim Protection to soar.
Durant, Iguodala, McGee and even Green, the uninterrupted Backdoor Cut makes Adams dizzy.
Warriors scored 16 points in the half at Interior.
Second Half will start shortly.
No one wants to lose two games in a row at home.
During the halftime break, the Thunder Team players once again spontaneously encouraged each other's fighting spirit in the locker room, hoping to fight back against Second Half.
Returning to the court, Chen Xi took the pass from Butler and used the cover to reach Pachulia, who came on the bench.
Seeing that Zaza did not continue to defend and retreat, Chen Xi chose to take two steps back to the Three-Pointer line and pulled Zaza out.
Start Doncic style military training center.
Dribble pulls horizontally, mobilizes the center of gravity of Pachulia, then follows up with a breakthrough fake move, feints and then pulls back, retreating Three-Point Shot.
The slow-footed Zaza couldn't keep up.
Three-Pointer scored, sounding the clarion call for counterattack.
Warriors's attack is directed by Durant, Top of the Key Mismatch Isolation Roberson.
After the sign's continuous big changes, Roberson failed to keep up. KD strode away from Roberson, came to Mid-range, made an emergency stop jumper, and then slowly backed away with an expressionless face, which put great psychological pressure on the Thunder players.
Butler took Basketball and quickly brought it to Frontcourt. After seeing Chen Xi asking for the ball, he passed it to him again without hesitation.
Resolutely implement the strategy, use the same trick, 15 Pick and Roll and then click Pachulia.
Jab Step, Sideways Movement then connect to Drop Step Feigned Breakthrough, and then immediately pull up the jumper.
Three-Pointer Enter again.
The first half is your Curry performance, Second Half, I'm coming!
The wave of attacks was not over yet. Thunder relied on the military training center in Second Half to put a difficult problem in front of Warriors.
Either you play center forward and play five small teams, or you watch them lose points.
Correspondingly, Warriors does not have a qualified master who can defeat the big one, but there is one indistinguishable Isolation.
So the competition between Third Quarter has become a battle between Chen Xi and Durant.
Chen Xi scored a total of 7 Three-Pointer in a single quarter. Similarly, Durant also scored 17 points in a single quarter to defeat the Thunder Wing group.