Chapter 196: Downwind Ball
After a hard day of training, Catherine walked into the apartment arranged for her by IMG, threw down her handbag, and threw herself on the bed. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
She was so hungry that she "cooed", Catherine, unlike the other girls, used to live with a chef dad every day, she was very gluttonous and very good at eating.
But since she came to New York, she hasn't eaten a full day. In order to lose the few small fats on her stomach, the nutritious meals arranged by the company for her were so tasteless, and the most important thing was that the portion was small.
If the bearded man and An Jie knew that she couldn't even eat enough here, they would definitely urge her to go back. But Catherine is unwilling to compromise, she doesn't like modeling much much, but she doesn't want to let herself live in a hotbed built for her by men for the rest of her life.
The harder and lonely a girl is, the more she needs to be accompanied. And the only thing that can make An Jie accompany Catherine is the TV.
Catherine lay on the bed casually and turned on the TV with the remote control, and at the moment she didn't have the temperament of a model at all.
She skillfully flicked the remote control and switched the TV channel to T.NT. On the screen, the second half of the game has just begun, and the camera just gives An Jie with a serious face.
Catherine smiled at the TV screen, and being able to see Angel's face on the TV was enough for her.
This is how she and An Jie dated......
An Jie on the court naturally didn't know that there was a pair of deep blue eyes watching him, and now he only had basketball in his head, only the Spurs, and only the man who was nicknamed "No. 21 Rookie".
Van Gundy did release his players five minutes early at halftime, and a group of outside players such as Durant and Westbrook hurried to start shooting, hoping to find their groove.
In addition to the small men, Ibaka and Kostic and other inside players are also practicing seriously. Because Van Gundy said at halftime that Anjie would continue to chisel inside in the third quarter, but the purpose was to attract the defense.
They must take advantage of the open shots to turn the tide of things!
Van Gundy can't guarantee that this tactic will succeed, after all, the Thunder's shooting percentage in the first half was so miserable. But after Duncan returned, the Spurs' tight interior defense would not let Anjie continue to do whatever he wanted on the inside.
Space and shooting, the Thunder have to get hold of those two things!
After the second half of the game officially began, everyone was surprised to find that Van Gundy had changed the formation again!
Kostic started at the No. 4 position and Morris at the No. 4 spot in the second quarter. In the second half, the starting four was again Congolese Serge Ibaka.
Serge Ibaka had the farthest range of any of the Thunder's interior lines, and Van Gundy had to push him to the front in order to carry out offensive tactics.
Naturally, Popovich won't worry too much about a first-year rookie, and his Spurs will continue to play the way they are supposed to play. Focus on defending Anjie and cutting off the only stable offensive point of the Thunder team, then the Spurs will be sure if they win the game!
As soon as the game began, the Spurs became the first to hit the iron. Keith Bogans missed his shot from beyond the three-point line, and the Thunder soon got a chance to practice their tactics!
Westbrook didn't push fast this time, and he gestured unhurriedly to his teammates to get into position.
Serge Ibaka hurriedly ran outside the three-point line to provide cover for Westbrook according to the tactical arrangement, while Angel and Duncan engaged in hand-to-hand combat near the three-second zone.
"Do you want to continue to play inside?" Popovich watched from the sidelines with his hands folded, and it was not Anjie but Ibaka who blocked Westbrook, and Anjie was not in the high post but directly in the vicinity of the penalty area. All the situation is sending a message to Popovich: the Thunder still want Anjie to play alone!
But the strange thing is that if you want to execute a single, why didn't the rest of the Thunder team pull Angel away? Popovich touched his chin, what did Jeff Van Gundy plan!?
Sure enough, Westbrook had just broken through halfway through the pick-and-roll, and then used a steady ground-hitting pass, allowing Anjie and Duncan to form a low-post one-on-one singles situation!
After An Jie took the ball, he leaned back with all his might, but Duncan, who didn't expect An Jie to exert such a force, took a big step back!
An Jie's usual back beatings are all virtual and real, light and heavy. The impact of brute force like just now is really not like An Jie's style.
"Is it really going to be a strong inside line? Come on. Duncan remained expressionless, and he was not afraid of any attacker's challenge.
Seeing this situation, the Spurs players relaxed their vigilance against others a lot. Anyway, when they did that in the first half, they didn't make any mistakes.
An Jie leaned on Duncan and forcibly turned around, and Duncan also violently exerted force to prevent An Jie from successfully facing the basket.
Just when Anjie was halfway through, he suddenly hit the ball! Tony Parker was stunned when he saw the basketball flying towards him, and then shouted no!
Westbrook has already unknowingly run to the outside of the three-point line to respond!
Parker hurried back to the defense, and as soon as he picked up speed, he found himself hitting a wall.
Sergi Ibaka's off-ball block was already in place, and the Thunder didn't plan to let Anjie attack from the beginning!
Westbrook didn't rush to the shot after getting the opportunity to open the spot, he adjusted his breathing, jumped unhurriedly, and did all the movements as stretched as possible and done to the standard.
By the time Parker got rid of the pick-and-roll to block, the basketball had already been shot.
Duncan also reacted quickly, and immediately turned around and put Anjeka behind him, but this time the basketball thrown by the Thunder team did not knock out of the frame again, this three-point shot, hollow into the net!
Westbrook immediately raised his hands and gestured three fingers. Finally, the damn ball was finally shot by him!
"The Thunder's coordination is very beautiful! Just now I thought that Coach Van Gundy's tactics still let Anjie play alone, but I didn't expect that the other players' off-ball blocking and exquisite running positions had already begun to be implemented. ”
"Hmph, carving insect skills. Popovich snorted disapprovingly, this kind of tactic in the form of smoke grenades is only enough for him to use the Thunder team once.
The second time, Anjie still held the ball in the low post and had a hard time with Duncan. Meanwhile, Ibaka and Westbrook are in the same position as they were just now.
Needless to say, the tactical accomplishment of the Spurs players does not need to be reminded, and they can also see that the Thunder team is a tactical combination that is exactly the same as the previous round!
Tony Parker was very careful about his position this time to avoid being caught off guard again. And Duncan also adjusted his posture and no longer continued to consume with An Jie, who feinted.
This time, after An Jie came up, he still took the lead in pushing back with all his might, which strengthened the defensive strategy chosen by the Spurs players.
Unexpectedly, in the second time, An Jie did not continue to exert force, nor did he pass the ball from the beginning, but turned around quickly in the three-second zone with a cross step!
Duncan thought that An Jie would pass the ball out, but An Jie's sudden start made Duncan react in time. However, Duncan has always been a veteran ruffian who has been in the league for 12 years, and his reflexive lateral movement completely blocked the route after Anjie's turn.
Unexpectedly, An Jie only turned around halfway, and seeing that he couldn't break through, he immediately adjusted his pace and turned in the opposite direction, ready to shake out the space and start shooting.
This time, Duncan was not deceived, after all, An Jie had used this trick many times before. He shifted his center of gravity, and when he saw An Jie holding the ball with both hands, Duncan immediately jumped up and prepared to block the shot.
Just when Tony Parker was about to pick up the basketball, which was bound to be blocked, Anjie's turnaround and shooting action stopped abruptly, and he moved his feet again and turned back to the original direction.
"Three and a half turns in a row!Ann shook Duncan up, pleasing low footsteps!" Kenny Smith couldn't believe Duncan could be deceived by a guy who had just turned 20!
A coherent and swift three-and-a-half turn left Anjie empty in front of him, and he stretched out his long arm to pass the ball to the basket, and once again scored with a low-handed layup without pressure.
After being shaken by An Jie, Duncan stared blankly at Parker, who was about to catch the ball, and said that the old trick was repeated? The entire Spurs team was played by An Jie!
Westbrook and Ibaka's running positions are just confusing, and this time, the Thunder are really going to let Anjie execute the singles!
Jeff Van Gundy couldn't help but clap his hands for Anjie's beautiful moves, these tactics seem simple, but if you want to execute them, players can't do it without a little level.
When the Thunder attacked the Spurs halfcourt again, they really didn't know how the Thunder would score this time.
If Duncan tries his best to fight with An Jie, then An Jie's passing will be very easy. If Duncan is wary of Anjie's passes, then Anjie can seize the gap and score in the penalty area.
While the Spurs were still thinking about the dilemma, Westbrook once again sent the ball into Anjie's arms.
If An Jie is in a high position, it proves that his main task is to organize, and his secondary task is to attack. If he's in the low post, it's the opposite. Many teams have studied this thoroughly, and it is also convenient for them to make countermeasures according to Anjie's position.
But today, although An Jie is holding the ball in the low post, you can't say whether An Jie's task is to attack or organize. If you can't guess the opponent's offensive strategy, how can you make the defensive strategy clear?
An Jie didn't use brute force to fight Duncan's back this time, and he returned to his usual rhythm of soft and hard.
At this moment, Westbrook raised his hand to ask for the ball, and An Jie didn't think about it, and hurriedly distributed the ball.
Tony Parker immediately bypassed the pick-and-roll Ibaka and returned to Westbrook, and Spurs power forward Hudan Blair immediately turned around and prepared to protect the rebound with Duncan.
What Parker didn't expect was that Westbrook didn't catch the basketball. The ball wasn't meant to be passed to Westbrook, and just when everyone in the Spurs thought Ibaka was there just to block the pick-and-roll, he received a basketball from Anjie.
"Blair!"
Hearing Popovich shouting his name from the sidelines, Blair quickly turned his head and found that Ibaka had already started shooting.
Blair took a big step in front of Ibaka, but the ball was already in the air.
Once again, the running position of the Thunder generals once again deceived the old spurs!
"Brush. ”
"Ibaka's soft touch makes it hard to imagine that he's a brutal defender, and the Spurs are losing back-to-back points and they're only 2 points ahead!"
This is the "spread shot" effect that Jeff Van Gundy wants, and it is not as simple as the first half of the game to let different people shoot, it is called an even shot.
Tactically, everyone must also provide cover for each other.
After that, the offensive end was no longer a trio of Anjie, Westbrook and Ibaka. Durant and Sephorosa are also gradually getting involved, and most importantly, the Thunder can convert it into scoring when they get the opportunity to shoot from the cold shooting touch of the first half.
The situation of the Spurs was similar to that of the Thunder in the first half, with perimeter players frequently missing under tight defense. Although the Spurs still shot 47% from the field in the third quarter, this is by no means a normal shooting percentage.
It's a pity that the Thunder shot rate is as high as 62%! Under the unpredictable running position of the Thunder team, everyone is the focus, and everyone is the bait. Durant scored six points on 3-of-6 shooting. Westbrook scored nine points on 4-of-6 shooting. Ibaka made all 4 shots, and the 8 points in a single quarter allowed Popovich to reprimand Blair for a while.
Although Anjie only scored 5 points in this quarter, he handed out 6 assists. All the assists of the Thunder team in the third quarter were single-handedly handled by Anjie.
The Spurs, who were originally dominant, lost by 11 points in the third quarter against the overall tactics of the Thunder! Popovich also made adjustments to Van Gundy's tactics, but unfortunately the Thunder's hand rebounded too quickly in the third quarter. The more they played, the more accurate they became.
32-21, the Thunder in the third quarter completely turned the tide. The overall score was 74-78, and the Thunder led by 4 points.
As everyone imagined, every time the Thunder and Spurs meet, it will always be at the last moment to decide the winner.
Maybe the tense fourth quarter will make the game look a little better, right? )