Chapter 127: God's Providence
Transfers are a normal thing for many old guys who have been in the NBA for many years. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Infinba is a business league, and players are commodities in this league. There's nothing that can't be sold, and even O'Neill, the big shark in the sky, is constantly wandering back and forth between the east and the west.
But for newcomers like Anjie and Jeff Green, their experience is too little, which makes them unable to take the transfer lightly. Angel was traded as soon as he was drafted, and Jeff Green was originally the future star of the Thunder, but was dumped after one season. The huge gap in the team's positioning is the main reason why they have been angry.
Even after the baptism of the first quarter, the fire in the hearts of Angel and Jeff Green has not been extinguished.
Due to the second quarter of the break, the Kings had to replace Hawes with blue-collar center Mickey Moore for a while. Some good teams may not have a big gap between the first and second teams, but it's clear that the Kings aren't in that "good" category.
Mickey Moore is 2.13 meters tall and weighs only 103 kilograms. He looks like An Jie, he is a tall and thin figure.
When Spencer Hawes is on the pitch, he can also use his precise projection to pull Angel out of the box. But in the face of Mickey Moore, Anjie defended the basket and completely treated Mickey Moore as air.
Indeed, the Kings' backup center has neither the range nor the ability to play alone with Anjie in the low post, and he is no threat on the offensive end.
"Jeff Green doesn't dare to rush into the box now, and Anjie completely let Moore go, in order to be able to spare energy to defend the target who dares to attack the basket!"
Fortunately, Kevin Martin, the heart of the Kings' offense, is not a man who eats by hitting the inside, and his accurate shooting also fills in Mickey More's lack of space.
Jeff Green also played more and more calmly under the rhythm controlled by Kevin Martin. Now he won't go straight into the forbidden area as soon as his brain is hot, after all, what is Anjie's hot pot like, he doesn't want to recall it again.
The offensive firepower has improved, but the biggest problem for the Kings right now is not scoring, but defense!
Westbrook broke through with the ball, and Anjie blocked the non-teammate in the high post, successfully allowing Durant to run out of opportunities. After blocking and dismantling, Anjie can now shoot by himself, or choose to pass the ball to Durant who gets a chance, of course, if he wants, Anjie can play an aerial relay with him.
"The tactics of the Thunder team are simply too exquisite! Guards, forwards, centers, and three lines at the same time! Of course, if it weren't for the three young men of the Thunder team who were all full of threats today, no matter how exquisite the tactics were, they would have been in vain. ”
It's true that the tactics are out and the players have to be able to convert chances into scores. It's a pity that the Kings were really unlucky today, and the Thunder's offense today was too smooth.
"Westbrook throws!No, it's not a throw, it's a pass!Anjie receives the ball, Mickey Moore has blocked it, Anjie can't complete the air relay!Oh! Anjie passes the ball directly in the air to Durant who is free in the bottom corner! Durant shoots! Again!" Mike Brin feels like he's running out of breath, the Thunder's three rookies are finely coordinated, everyone can participate, everyone is an indispensable link.
"Anjie's passing is even more gorgeous than the gorgeous king of Divac!" "Jumping up and catching the ball directly in the air is not something that every center striker can do.
Anjie was in the middle when he ran back to his half-court defense, and Westbrook and Durant were around Anjie. Anjie stretched out his hands, and Westbrook and Durant also high-fived him. Now Durant and Westbrook will never go it alone again, knowing that they share the ball, and their teammates are not going to take the ball and go away, but are willing to feed it to themselves.
In addition to the Thunder Sanshao, the other people's offenses are also very efficient under this system, but their chances are not as good as the Thunder Sanshao.
Until halftime, Kenny Wright couldn't come up with a strategy to deal with the Thunder's three less. He can only hope for the team's offense now, hoping that the Kings can rely on a good performance on the offensive end to bite the game.
63-52, the Thunder scored very high, leading by a full eleven points at halftime, of which the Thunder's three fewer points accounted for most of them. With the subtle cooperation of the Thunder's three young people, the Thunder shot 64% from the field in the half and 52% from three-point range.
This is still when the Kings are playing well offensively, and they are all behind by eleven points. Jeff Van Gundy knew that shooting was the most basic scoring tool in basketball, but he didn't believe that a team could win by shooting from the perimeter alone.
Kevin Martin, Jeff Green and John Salmons have all been in good shape so far, but it's hard to say if they can keep the ball in the second half.
"Sticking to the defense! Don't help to defend and don't lose your position! I want each of you to stick to your own position in the second half. "At half-time, that was the only defensive strategy Kenny Wright could think of.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Kings really strengthened their defense against outside players to prevent the Thunder from continuing to bloom more. It really works, and whether it's Durant or Westbrook, it's getting harder and harder for the Thunder to get the ball to chance. At this time, there is no doubt that if you want to open the attack, you must start from the inside.
"Stop him!" the Kings general manager shouted as he pointed to the court and shouted as he saw Anjie leaning on his back again.
"This guy's physical condition is similar to yours, what should I do?" Divac also stared at An Jie with interest, this little apprentice did not stop after he left, but absorbed all the things he taught, and also figured out a set of offensive methods suitable for him.
"There is no way back for Anjie! The outside line has been completely blocked by the Kings players. He's got to attack on his own!" Mike Brin couldn't wait to see how Anjie would score inside this time.
"Hit him!"
"Let the one who abandoned you taste the bitterness!"
"Dunk on this soft head of Hawes!"
In various bars in Ames City and Oklahoma City, countless drunken and unconscious men held up beers and cheered for Anjie on the TV in their own way.
An Jie had a strong desire to attack today, but he had been holding back and not making a move to make himself more organized, for fear of destroying the balance of the team. Now it just so happens that the inside line is the only option for the Thunder team, and An Jie can finally go all out to attack the frame unscrupulously!
Although he was about the same weight and height, Hawes, who looked bigger, fell behind in the duel of powers. After this confrontation, Hawes may have to contend with his slightly higher body fat content.
Tough! Although Anjie is a skill-based center, he is very tough when he plays the ball! His back-to-back power again and again made Kings fans sweat for Hawes, Jeff Green was hesitant to go up to the bag, but considering Anjie's strong passing ability, Green still decided to continue to keep an eye on his own people, so as not to be caught by Anjie in the gap of passing.
"We really don't need you. This sentence echoed in An Jie's mind again.
"Don't look down on people!" An Jie suddenly turned around, Hawes had tried his best to block, and the entire center of gravity was completely moved forward.
Unexpectedly, An Jie's powerful turn turned out to be another feint! After feeling that Hawes's center of gravity was unstable, An Jie immediately turned around in the opposite direction with Hoyce as the axis, which was a complete departure from the defense.
"In the three-second zone, you can never guess what An Jie will do next!" An Jie's feints in the penalty area are no less exciting than the dazzling dribbling of the outside players.
Like Kevin Love, Hawes played point guard until his height skyrocketed. In the center he has very good ball handling and shooting ability, but he has a terrible aversion to physical confrontation and is very rigid in interior defense.
This time against An Jie, it is only natural that he will be defeated.
"The Kings have made changes, but they haven't been able to stop the Thunder from scoring. Kevin Martin has a heavy load on his shoulders, after all, Anjie's interior offense is much higher than his outside shooting percentage! Martin must maintain his shooting percentage, otherwise the Thunder will seize the opportunity to pull away!"
Indeed, Kevin Martin is now very cautious with every shot. Originally, the team was behind, and the interior offense was still contained by Anjie, and if the shooting still lost the accuracy, then the Kings would really face a collapse.
Thankfully, Kevin Martin had a good hand today, shooting around 45 percent from the field so far. And the Kings' No. 2 man, Jeff Green, didn't make a mistake, and he was able to score the ball with little hindrance against the defense of Joe Smith and Wilcox at the Thunder's No. 4 position. It's just that unlike in the past, when he preferred to score in the restricted area, Jeff Green's scoring today came mostly from outside shots.
The importance of interior defense may not be obvious on the court at times, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that if the Kings can only seek opportunities on the outside, they will definitely be the ones who will suffer in the end. Once they miss a couple of consecutive shots, the Thunder will win the game in one go.
In this era of running and bombing the league, in this era dominated by high-mobility small lineups, many coaches have forgotten this law that will never change.
Even if the brightest player on a team is a guard, if that team is doing well, they will have a role in the team that is not in the limelight, but can protect the basket well.
Just when everyone thought that this character was inconspicuous and removed him, people realized how important this inner barrier was.
And the Kings' interior is completely unable to compete with the Thunder on both offensive and defensive ends, and their ability to bite the score only proves that God favors the Sacramentos today.
77-69, Kevin Martin and Jeff Green have kept the Kings up to this point by shooting from the basket. But in the worst fourth quarter, will their shots really be so accurate?
"In the fourth quarter, Anjie was our main point of attack!" Jeff Van Gundy ordered, and in the face of the Kings' ordinary interior defense, he was going to hold the victory firmly in his own hands. (To be continued.) )