Thunder head coach Brooks had all the system in the Western Conference Finals last season and thought of various ways to steal a victory at Stamps first, but the more he played, the more he realized that he could not beat him.

Li Liang's point is a pain that he cannot solve.

As a result, when he arrived at the Clippers, he found that Li Liang's arsenal seemed to have been updated again.

Will you break through with the ball in the middle?

Will you stop and jump shot?

Will you cut the basket and cheat and foul?

For such a player who has made great progress, Brooks can't think of any other words to describe him except "ball monster".

During the intermission, Brooks and his coaching staff discussed how to deal with the Clippers' offense.

For the Thunder, although they have a king combination, which is the strongest striker and guard combination with the current NBA's most explosive score, the Thunder is essentially a defensive team.

They grew from ordinary teams to strong teams who competed for the championship level, relying on the growth of young people and team defense.

So no matter how criticized by the outside world, Brooks is tactical and lack of talent. His rookie training and defensive training are top-notch.

Just thinking that Harden was traded away, Brooks still feels a pity.

And that Bruce Lee...

The coaching staff discussed for a while and decided to let Durant guard Li Liang, so that I could no longer waste Ibaka's defensive energy.

Durant nodded after receiving Brusk's instructions.

In the Thunder, Durant is the well-deserved number one star, the team's VP.

But if you say he is the boss of the team, you always feel that something is missing.

He didn't talk much in the locker room, and the coach made defensive tactical arrangements, and Durant sounded like a defensive engineer.

In the second quarter, the Clippers no longer had to watch Durant, but instead used Barnes.

Li Liang is more involved in offense and overall defense.

Durant didn't know who he was the engineer compared to Li Liang.

On the other side, Rivers praised the players' performance during the break!

Anyway, there are Gentry, Brown and others in the tactics, so he can just cheer up!

Rivers played all the way from the players, and was also a point guard. As a professional player, he knew that many times during the game, he relied on the players to play freely and respond to changes on the spot. Tactics were just a framework.

A good tactical framework will make players perform more freely and even exceed their level.

A poor tactical framework will make players unable to perform at all levels.

Now that Brown has arrived, the adjustment is still satisfactory.

Li Liang was drinking water in the locker room, listening to Rivers bragging expressionlessly, thinking that in two years, I could be the head coach.

But it’s just to convince his players. What’s the difficulty?

Yes, it’s not difficult for you to turn on the hair dryer.

Jordan even scolded you and cried.

At the beginning of the second half, the Thunder took the lead in attacking.

Durant received the ball from the outside, and Li Liang is still guarding Durant one-on-one.

Durant passed the ball to Westbrook on the wing. Westbrook faced Paul, who was half short of him, and immediately took the ball and made a shot.

Westbrook's shooting choice is hard to describe.

Anyway, if you get accurate, you will call you dad, but if you don’t get accurate, you will also want to call you dad.

Westbrook is not sure tonight because Paul's defense is quite good.

Paul's task on the defensive end tonight was very clear, which was to deal with Westbrook one-on-one, and he didn't have to worry about the rest of the defense.

Paul used to be the youngest person and had the most hearts.

Now that someone comes out to share the burden, he can concentrate on doing his own business.

The Clippers' counterattack, Jordan Jr.'s continuous pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, and the Thunder chose to double-team the ball.

Paul passed the ball to Jordan Jr., facing the Thunder player who assisted in defense in the interior, Jordan Jr. received the ball and showed off his steps, and was then blown away...

The Thunder made a very successful defense this time, and the players had a very tacit understanding of rotation and coordination.

Then, Durant dribbled from the left to kill the basket and passed the ball to Adams who followed him. Adams made a layup and caused Griffin to foul.

"Don't raise your hand, can you please, can you reach out? Is it useful to reach out? Can you cover it? Push the lower plate, push the lower plate!"

Griffin's foul annoyed Li Liang. After Adams was taught to be a human being in the first quarter, the young man adapted quickly.

The follow-up was very good, and he dared to take action, and he stood on the free throw line and made both free throws.

Back to the Clippers' offense, Paul took the ball and accelerated the bottom line, and then made a jump shot from the bottom line.

This ball defense is Westbrook's problem.

He saw Paul holding the ball without going up to defend, but instead pointed his finger and asked Durant to defend.

Durant could not keep up with Paul's footsteps, and Paul cut into the bottom line, and the inside defense was disrupted.

Until the goal was scored, Westbrook stood at the top of the arc and never moved.

With this defense, Li Liang will definitely be criticized. In the Thunder, Durant just glanced at Westbrook helplessly, and finally had to go to the bottom line to send the ball to him.

The Thunder did not hit the next two attacks, and Durant did not make a difficult shot under Li Liang's defense.

However, the Clippers rely on Paul's long pass and quickly scored two points, continuing to widen the gap.

Brooks called a short pause, and he wanted to emphasize the defense.

The Thunder's position defense is OK, but the fast counterattack against the Clippers is really bad.

One of the reasons is that Westbrook's retreat was not fast enough.

For guards, this "guard" means to defend and defend.

As the most external player in the offense, when the defender changes offense and defense, he should form the first line of defense for the team to defend quickly, hinder the opponent's advancement, and give the center and forwards back to defend to gain time.

This is why the backcourt player called guard when the position on the field was determined in the early days.

With the development of basketball, the requirements of the five people on the court have been integrated with offense and defense, but the role of guards in offense and defense conversion has not changed.

Westbrook did charge in the offensive end, but his laziness on the defensive end gave the Clippers an opportunity to take advantage of.

After the timeout, Westbrook recovered from the offensive end.

He made a strong breakthrough into the basket, attracting the defense and passing the ball to Durant who followed him. Durant faced Li Liang's defense, dunked and made a layup, but still hit two points.

Li Liang finally braked, otherwise he would have sent Durant to the free throw line if he made a foul.

Thunder's offensive methods and tactics are sometimes so simple and boring, but they are quite effective.

However, Durant wants to score on the offensive end, but he is a little embarrassed when he faces Li Liang on the defensive end.

After Li Liang and Paul took the ball and tried their best after a high pick-and-roll, they lowered their heads and made a strong breakthrough, and made a 45-degree close-range jump shot, hitting the board.

The 40-year-old Chuanmi should be able to see that Li Liang's style of playing with a sudden step, staggering half of his body position and then stopping and jumping shots was definitely Bob McAdu from that year.

Someone once commented that Jabbar inherited Russell and Chamberlain, and Dave Coins was a fusion of Dan Iser and Alwan Adams, only Bob McAdu, who has no unprecedented person and no future.

If the NBA has many big men who can shoot, there are many top pitchers like Nowitzki.

But in terms of style, no one is like McAdou. If you want to say anything, it is actually Kobe.

McAdu is an inside-line Kobe in his shooting choice.

After finishing the mission of the Brave Game, Li Liang felt that he had found a template for offense and theoretical guidance.

With his physical fitness and explosive power, he can't make a layup like James and Durant. Then I can use my shooting advantage, and I'm the head of shooting from a close range?

In this way, combined with Li Liang's accurate three-pointer, he will take both far and near!

Li Liang had already thought about it. In order to avoid the embarrassment that he would not turn around and jump shot after receiving the ball in the first half, he would only make a foul. He decided to improve his turn over jump shot.

After Li Liang hit a close-range jump shot, Westbrook also made a close-range jump shot in the offense, but the shot was too big and he didn't make it.

Paul took the backcourt rebound and raided from the left.

Where is Westbrook?

He ran to the middle lane again, and pointed at Paul and asked his teammates to assist in defense.

If you are facing the person you are on the side, you will not be close to you? Let your teammates go to watch people for you?

As a result, Paul easily passed in, Griffin received the ball, and then caused Adams to make a defensive foul.

As a person who has high requirements for defense, even though he is an opponent, he can't stand it anymore.

When Griffin served the sideline ball, Li Liang couldn't help but say to Westbrook, "Aren't you following the defense?"

Westbrook glanced at Li Liang, "You have to care!"

Li Liang shut up very rarely. Indeed, it’s all his business. It’s better if he doesn’t defend.
Chapter completed!