Chapter five hundred and fifteen not worth it(1/3)
Brooks' timeout didn't work, instead, the Thunder's offense became even worse after the timeout was over.
After the Thunder made the worst deal in nBa history to send Harden away, they always faced a problem in offense - there were too few changes.
The Thunder are not without tactics. Any coach of any team and any tactical library must be very abundant.
Sometimes fans have an illusion when watching the game, they cannot tell which balls are played through tactics, and those balls are not tactical and rely on personal abilities.
For example, some teams use fast breaks and passes smoothly, and fans will think that the team has good tactics.
In fact, many fast counterattacks, beautiful passes rely on tactics, but on the players' on-the-spot swing and tacit understanding.
For example, some offenses, one-to-one and four-pointers, are considered to be without tactics in the eyes of some fans.
But in fact, one-to-four-view at low positions is a tactic in itself.
In an attack with a low post and high success rate, four people will pull away and do not run easily. If the opponent doubles up, the ball will be shot. If you don’t double up, you will eat it alone.
This is a very simple but effective tactic in basketball games. Not everyone has to run around, cut, cover, and transfer the ball.
The tactics must be consistent with the team's player configuration before they can work.
For the Thunder, the core essence of all offensive tactics is to exert the personal attack power of Durant and Westbrook.
Brooks did a good job in this regard.
But after the absence of Harden, the Thunder not only lacked a point that could be regarded as focusing on tactics, but also led to the entire team's tactical style being very single and lacking changes.
So it is easy to break. The Thunder's offenses around Durant and Westbrook are extremely strong and can often kill their opponents in one wave.
However, when there is a need for stalemate, resilience, and pursuit of points, Thunder will be ineffective.
Without Harden leading the substitute, without Harden controlling the rhythm, without Harden opening up space, without Harden's clever pass, the Thunder can be said to have collapsed a corner.
It is still enough to play against ordinary strong teams, Thunder, but when facing strong teams at the championship level, the Thunder will not work.
They became the same as the Clippers before, "a breath away."
After returning from the timeout, the Thunder did not score any sports game goals for five minutes.
This is simply adding insult to injury.
The Clippers' defensive strategy is very simple, one-on-one, and the whole game is one-on-one.
Without changing defenses or double-teams, the Thunder were the least afraid of such defense. As a result, in these five minutes, Westbrook and Durant both fell into a low scoring slump and could not score.
The Clippers' offensive success rate is not high, but the lead in the score is in the hands of the Clippers.
The Thunder was only 4 minutes left before Fisher hit a three-pointer.
Fisher and Barnes are the surprises of the two teams tonight. Needless to say, Barnes went crazy in the third quarter.
Fisher hit two consecutive three-pointers in the second half of the third quarter, breaking the embarrassment of not scoring in the Thunder's sports battle and narrowing the gap.
At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers were 102:87, still 15 points ahead of the Thunder.
Li Liang played to the third quarter, scoring 14 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, and was about to go for a triple-double again.
He doesn't score much, but he's still efficient.
In recent games, Li Liang seemed to be drifting away from Lao Ke, and he went in the direction of James without looking back.
In fact, it was mainly because of the teammates' strong performance. Barnes, Crawford, Griffin and others were all very good tonight.
This is what Rivers is willing to see, the entire team is gathering into a boat, a real ship of kings.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the Thunder continued to counterattack.
Durant missed a high jump shot, and Griffin scored a rebound and fought back one-stop to kill the basket, causing Adams to foul.
Adams replaced Perkins tonight, and his strokes were pretty good, but he didn't have enough experience.
Unfortunately, Griffin missed two free throws, and at the critical moment, you missed the free throw!
Come back, Fisher didn't know what was wrong with tonight, as if he had taken aphrodisiacs.
Seeing Barnes hit various three-pointers, the old fish was not willing to be outdone. He received Jackson's pass from the left and made a three-pointer against the defense!
The third three-pointer, is Fisher's second spring?
The score difference is close to 12 points, and the Thunder still has hope.
Then, Crawford missed a three-pointer, but Odom grabbed the frontcourt rebound and split the ball out and reorganized the offense.
The Thunder's defensive strength suddenly increased, destroying the Clippers' passes out of the sideline.
Then after the ball, the Clippers tried to give it in and let Griffin play.
As a result, the Thunder suddenly pressed, forcing the Clippers to pass the ball to the outside, and then sent it to Crawford on the flank.
Crawford broke through 45 degrees and continued to try to get in, but the pass was destroyed again.
It was still the Clippers' ball, but it can be seen that the Thunder's defense is indeed hard enough.
But the Clippers are also patient enough. The substitute lineup is centered on Griffin and must give the ball to Griffin's hands.
Then, with the baseline ball, Odom got an open position on the left through the running position, and took the ball and shot directly, without hitting.
A mid-range catch is not Odom's strength.
Durant missed a three-pointer from the outside, and then Livingston made a breakthrough and layup.
Neither side scored a goal, but the Thunder were anxious and were more than ten points behind.
The more urgent the fight is, the simpler the fight is. The simpler the simpler the problem is, the easier it is, and then the more urgent it is.
This is a vicious cycle.
Lamb, who was substituted, pretended to move away from the defender after receiving the ball from the wing, broke through and killed the basket, and wanted to dunk.
As a result, the left hand dunk dunk flew away...
It was too urgent. The Clippers Griffin got the ball and dribbled the ball and pushed the fast attack directly.
The ball was passed to Barnes on the wing in half. Barnes rushed straight to the basket and made a layup that caused Fisher to make a defensive foul.
Fisher knew that he couldn't stop the ball, so he directly carried Barnes down.
Barnes went to the free throw line.
After more than three minutes in the fourth quarter, Li Liang and Paul returned to the court.
This is to give Victory double insurance.
As a result, Paul came up and made a rebound foul on the defensive end...
It's not good to be short. As the opponent was about to grab the frontcourt rebound, he was caught by the referee with any moves on his hands and was called a foul.
The ball was still in the hands of the Thunder. Durant seized the opportunity to cut the basket and received the pass from Collison to one-hand dunk!
Then, Paul received a three-pointer from Crawford's pass from the arc... and failed to make an attempt.
Are you here to insure the Clippers’ victory!
Li Liang knew that at such a critical moment, he could not give Thunder any chance to start a trend.
Directly cut the ball off from Durant's hand and let the Thunder's counterattack be ruined.
Then he dribbled through half the game, and there was no one under the basket, so he jumped and dunked directly!
As a result, the ball hit the basket...
Li Liang said it was not good, darn, it’s too early to jump!
Li Liang's ball expanded and he jumped three steps away from the basket, but the gliding distance was not enough!
You think you are a glider, but you are a tractor!
The result was that the ball hit the front of the basket, and a reaction force came over, almost causing Li Liang to fall a big fall!
Fortunately, no Thunder player followed behind. After Li Liang stabilized his body, he got the ball again and made a layup easily.
It's embarrassing, I don't make a quick break dunk.
However, Li Liang felt that it was fine. Not only did he score, he also scored a rebound and had a double-double.
This ball is earned!
However, Li Liang felt that he had made a profit. This fast attack counterattack would definitely make it to the top five embarrassing ones.
Li Liang made another great contribution to the basketball court entertainment industry.
Combined with the previous statements that he claimed to participate in the dunk contest at the All-Star Game, Li Liang is afraid that he will be ridiculed during this period.
But Li Liang doesn't care. You can say whatever you like outside the court, and I can win the game on the court.
Li Liang's quick attack made a quick break with the ball interrupted the Thunder's counterattack.
This is the best time point for the Thunder to turn around in this game. Once it is missed, it will become more and more difficult.
Durant broke through to the basket in the middle under Li Liang's defense, and a golden chicken made an independent backward stop and threw a one-handed throw.
The ball is very difficult, and the shot is obviously shorter, and Durant signaled to the referee that Li Liang had a foul.
But the referee did not sound the whistle.
To be continued...