Chapter 264: New Ideas, Old Routines

In the playoffs, just 48 minutes of regular time was enough to exhaust people, not to mention that the two teams played an extra overtime game today. None of the players who returned to the locker room www.biquge.info wanted to move, so they sat quietly in front of their cabinets, closing their eyes and resting.

Van Gundy pushed the door open after attending the press conference, only gasps could be heard in the locker room.

"Rest well, everyone, and we'll be back in Oklahoma tomorrow. "The lads have done their best, and although they lost, Van Gundy has nothing to say. Today they were the winners, but it's a shame that the Lakers have a guy who is destined to become a legend. And that guy is once again completing the impossible. It's a pity that this time the Thunder team has become a legendary foil.

Once again, Giardina was the last spectator to stay, forty minutes after the end of the game, but Angel still didn't show up and the phone was still unanswered.

Don't talk about Giardina, now people in the whole world can't find Anjie, Riccard, Divac, Olajuwon, Kobe, Catherine...... The people who called Anjie vary, but they all got the same results.

An Jie was still leaning in front of his cabinet at the moment, he felt the vibration of the mobile phone in the cabinet, but he didn't bother to perform the action of connecting the phone. That's the case with everybody on the Thunder, and it's hard to play at Stamps.

"Let's go Tina, he's not coming today. This guy didn't even attend the press conference, he must have left early. Abrahi watched the security guard approach, and quickly urged Giardina to leave.

The unwilling little girl dialed An Jie's phone for the fifth time, but after the prompt tone, this time it was finally connected!

"Where are you?" said Giardina, who was sure that Anjie had seen him today, but why, why was the big boy indifferent.

"Just got dressed, sorry Tina, I'm too tired and busy today. You've seen the game, and I can't be with you tonight. "If it's a regular season, Anjie doesn't mind going out and relaxing after the game. But in the playoffs, he knew he couldn't be distracted.

"Okay...... said Jardina in a lost voice.

Although An Jie didn't have any thoughts about Giardina, he couldn't bear to hear a girl sigh so pitifully. He knew that this little girl was coming for him, and he didn't even say a word to others when he came from afar, which seemed to be a bit too much.

"Alright Tina, let's go to Oklahoma if you have time. Four days later, on May 8, we will continue to play the Lakers at home. How you want to come, I can help you keep a few tickets. "I definitely won't go out today, and I don't want to be disturbed when I'm busy training An Jie in the next few days. Inviting Giardina to watch another game seems to be the only thing that can be done in good faith. Otherwise, I would be too sorry for this girl.

"Really!?I'm going to sit behind the Thunder bench!" Hearing An Jie take the initiative to invite him, Giardina suddenly became excited.

"Yes, no problem. It's just that in the days leading up to the game, I probably didn't have time. Accommodation in Oklahoma and so on, you have to make your own arrangements. Seeing that his teammates had walked out of the locker room one by one, An Jie also stood up, after all, he couldn't let the team bus be delayed because he was alone.

"In a word, we'll see you in Oklahoma!"

"Oklahoma!?" Abrahi looked at Giardina in disbelief, they had just arrived in Los Angeles!

"Hehe, it's still early, we can still play in Los Angeles for a few days." Giardina held her phone to her chest with both hands, no matter what city it was, as long as An Jie was there, she was willing to go.

The next day, almost all the Thunder players got up late, even An Jie, who has always been like a chicken.

The feeling of playing overtime in the playoffs, Anjie and they don't want to experience it a second time. What's more, the Lakers in overtime yesterday were more aggressive than the 48 minutes of regular time.

However, after a good night's sleep, the fatigue has long since disappeared from the players. Instead, there is a desire for the next game, and even more so for the next game to win.

The picture of Kobe Bryant standing on the commentary podium and celebrating wildly is still vivid. As soon as he thought of this, An Jie's fists clenched involuntarily. In terms of victory, An Jie is so stingy. He only hopes that victory will always belong to him, and he will feel distressed when others touch him.

The whole Thunder team on the plane was full of energy, but Van Gundy still had the big black circles under his eyes. The Lakers' triangle offense is really not easy to restrict, and you must know that the Lakers' state in these two games is not good. Van Gundy must always be ready to play against the Lakers, who are in full swing.

Although the next game is played at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, the fans call it the "blue ocean". But in front of the Lakers, the advantage that the home game will give the Thunder will be very small. The group that can make a big splash in the "BEAT. LA: "The guy who shouts to win the game is not so easily disturbed by the fans.

Only by tactically restraining the Lakers will the Thunder have a better chance of winning. In fact, the triangle offense is also a kind of positional offense, and in this respect, the rhythm of the Thunder and Lakers is very similar. This is also the reason why the shooting percentage of both teams is not high in the two games, the positional battle is the most difficult to play, and both teams are precisely the teams that like to play position.

Van Gundy wanted to hurry, but couldn't. If you play fast, Anjie's advantages will not be brought into play. He did not forget that the victory in the first game had a lot to do with Anjie.

Continuing to play a position? That's a gamble, betting on who will score more goals from both teams.

Neither of these methods was clearly Van Gundy's wish to use, one was not practical and the other was uncertain.

He now needs a new way of thinking, a new tactic that can catch the Lakers off guard.

"Boss, boss!?"

"Huh!?" Van Gundy broke free from his thoughts when he heard someone calling to himself.

Looking around, An Jie was the only one standing in front of him in the plane. And outside the window of the plane was not clouds, but the ground that he was more familiar with.

"This is here?" Van Gundy felt like he had just unfolded his thoughts, and he didn't even realize that the plane had landed.

"What do you say? You don't need to be on a plane if you want to play tactics. Compared to Van Gundy, Anjie is really embarrassed to say that he is a workaholic.

"Ann, yes, Ann!" Van Gundy looked up at Ann Jie and wrote down Ann Jie's name in a small notebook.

Van Gundy excitedly rushed off the plane, as if he had found something terrible. Only An Jie, who was confused, was left and couldn't touch the north.

Although AnJie will be the offensive core for a period of time in previous games, he has never used Anjie as a real "core" since Durant returned from injury last season.

The core of a team is not the same as the core of the attack, which is only responsible for scoring, while the real core of the team needs to take care of everything. For an entire season, Van Gundy hasn't had Anjie at the heart of a single game, and now, it's not a bad choice!

The low-post skills of a good center can not only make him an offensive end, but also an offensive initiator. There is one person who creates a kill on the inside and attracts the bag clip, which can lead to more tactics in the future.

The center forward can not only play the ball, but also move the ball in front of a defender who can't. Move the ball widely, from side to side, from outside to inside. There are very few centers in the league who can do that, but Van Gundy has a guy who can do that.

The Thunder have never really played with center tactics, and there is no way, the expressions of Durant and Westbrook are so dazzling that even Angel cannot dominate the team's tactics. But in the playoffs, Van Gundy decided to give it a go. Basketball is not football anyway, and you can pause and adjust at any time during the game. If that doesn't work, Van Gundy can immediately get the Thunder back to their usual tactics.

"Hmph, who the said the center is gone. Van Gundy picked up the pen and began to draw tactics on the manual, and began to write the essentials on small slips of paper. In those days, most of the big teams played around the center. The center is not a tool for small people to grab rebounds and make walls!

After getting off the plane, the Thunder team bus drove to the Chesapeake Energy Arena and then the Thunder went home from the court. After a day off, the second and third days of training continued as usual until the third game of the Western Conference semifinals officially started on the fourth day.

This is the normal process arrangement of the Thunder team, but Van Gundy, who has countless tactical ideas in his head, locked himself in the office next to the training ground on the negative first floor of the court as soon as he got out of the car, watching more and more papers drawn on the tactics, and Van Gundy's confidence in the game the day after tomorrow is also more and more sufficient.

The playoffs aren't just about the players, the coaches play an important role in that. Van Gundy hasn't won a championship in his life, but that doesn't mean he's a bad coach. From Patri Ewing's Eastern Conference Finals to the Houston Rockets' one-round spell, Van Gundy has been through a lot.

Now, once again, using the familiar tactics of the center, this young but bald guy is handy.

"As long as it works, we can win!" It wasn't until half past ten in the evening that Van Gundy finished his job. His wife had already brought him dinner, but the lunch box was sitting aside, never touched by Van Gundy.

This workaholic, as long as he devotes himself to basketball, even he will feel afraid.

But what is this sacrifice for a Western Conference semifinals victory?

An Jie, who had long been asleep in bed, did not know that after a brief injury period with the Whirlwind and Durant last season, he would once again stand at the heart of the team to lead the team to the victory he desperately desired! )