Chapter 478: James Medusa Harden (2/3)
Westbrook made a mistake of his own, and he was afraid that Chen Mo would break the ball for him again, so he was in a hurry to turn around, but let the ball slide out when he closed the ball with both hands. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info The rhythm of this turn was faster than his usual habitual turn rhythm, and Westbrook was furious and failed to grasp the rhythm.
The ball hit the unsuspecting Curry and bounced off the sideline, but it was still the Thunder's possession, but this did not prevent Chen Mo from instigating Westbrook with words.
"There are 48 minutes in a game, 60 seconds in a minute, and I can handle Russell [Westbrook] every second. ”
Westbrook angrily caught the ball and threw a big three-pointer, the kind of ball he wasn't sure about, but this time the ball went straight to the center of the basket. The ball was a morale boost for the Thunder, and Westbrook roared at the roof, in exchange for a tidal wave of boos from Oracle Arena.
Next, the Warriors' offense is still Chen Mo running without the ball, and then taking the ball to shoot. After previous probing, he had discovered that the Thunder's defensive system was not targeted for this.
This time Chen Mo had a chance by running again, the Warriors elevator door cover was completed, David Lee cooperated with Biedrins to close the elevator door for Chen Mo at the free throw line, Westbrook saw that he couldn't catch up with Chen Mo, he pulled Chen Mo behind him.
The referee blew the whistle, fouled without the ball, and Chen Mo got to the free throw line.
Westbrook had two fouls in the first quarter, and Brooks had no choice but to replace him.
Chen Mo hit both free throws, and it was Fisher who replaced Westbrook. Chen Mo felt that they had enough initiative in this game.
Fisher is about the same as Kidd on the defensive end, and Fisher's awareness is not as good as Kidd's. Of course, the Warriors don't care how well defensive he is when facing this type of point guard. Directly grasp the weakness of his poor movement ability, and give him a breakdown and it's over.
As soon as Fisher came out, the Warriors immediately adjusted, Kirilenko replaced Biedrins, so that the Thunder's No. 1 and No. 5 positions are slow-moving players, and Perkins still has a height disadvantage against David Lee, who is more likely to have shooting opportunities.
The Warriors seized the opportunity to play an offensive high-tide, and they couldn't possibly play a positional offense with Fisher's team. Just like when Kidd was on the court, the Warriors didn't even think about playing a positional attack with the Mavericks.
After three consecutive counterattacks, the Thunder's defensive system was shattered by the Warriors.
Coach Brooks called a timeout and began to readjust and reset.
Chen Mo thinks that the opponent's coach has adjusted late, and he should have called a timeout directly when the Warriors made their first counterattack.
Brooks' ability to adjust on the spot is the biggest weakness in his skill tree, and he is poor in this area.
The Warriors made no other adjustments, continuing to emphasize the fast break and making a response strategy for James Harden to play point guard.
Sure enough, it was Harden who was replaced by the Thunder next, and Perkins was also replaced by Nick Krisson.
Krison is a veteran of the Thunder, having stayed with the team since he was drafted by the SuperSonics with the 12th pick in the first round in '03, following the team's relocation from Seattle to Oklahoma.
Chris came up to play power forward, and Ibaka went to play center.
And Durant is also required to shrink back from the wing in time to protect the basket, Durant's offensive ability is strong, and his defensive ability has been underestimated, especially his ability to protect the basket.
Durant, who is tall and has long arms, is actually not particularly disadvantaged to anyone on the inside. Especially the block after he quickly recovered, and the man's arm showed the offensive player to misjudge.
After the Thunder adjusted, they saw the effect, and they strengthened their marking of Chen Mo's no ball, mainly focusing on his receiving route. Chen Mo can pass the ball without dead ends and gaps, but Curry doesn't have this ability.
If the Warriors can really do dual-core driving, their offensive speed can be faster and more weird. It's just that Curry doesn't have Chen Mo's extremely good passing ability, but he is still very good at ordinary ball transfer.
Chen Mo's threat without the ball decreased, and Curry handed back the task of organizing the offense to Chen Mo. After Chen Mo made a hand-to-hand pass with Curry, he immediately cooperated with Kirilenko to block and dismantle.
Whether it's Kirilenko or Millsap, these are players who have been cultivated under Sloan for a long time, and their understanding of pick-and-roll is deep and special.
This kind of pick-and-roll immediately after receiving the ball follows the pick-and-roll screen, and many players can't cover it properly. And Chen Mo couldn't help with the adjustment, but the quality of Kirilenko's blocking and dismantling this time was very high. After Chen Mo took the ball, he didn't do any other actions, he directly pulled it up and threw it.
Harden failed to squeeze over, in fact, if he really tried his best at the first time, he would have had a chance to squeeze over and interfere with Chen Mo's shooting. But his laziness on the defensive end made his defense this time into an eye-gaze defense.
"Damn! you're not Queen Medusa, don't stare at him with your eyes and squeeze over to block your hat. Brooks was in a hurry, he rarely cursed, but this time he couldn't help it. The Thunder are already in double digits behind, and if they continue like this, they will have to be beaten by the Warriors!
Although the Thunder Sanshao's scoring power is extremely explosive, and their ability to turn the tables and reverse is very strong, but on the opposite side is the Warriors!
Coach Brooks' shouting didn't change Harden much, and he was still lazy when it came to pick-and-roll.
The Warriors continued to widen the gap, and at the end of the first quarter, the Warriors extended the margin to 16 points.
The 24-40 on the scoreboard was extremely glaring, and the Thunder's defensive system didn't help them much. Westbrook showed that being substituted had too much impact on the Thunder's defense.
The Thunder's disruption of the rotation didn't have much of an impact, and their performance on the offensive end wasn't too bad, but Westbrook's early departure had too much of an impact on them.
Westbrook defends the Warriors' pick-and-roll, and he's definitely aggressive. But it was he who was too aggressive, causing him to commit two fouls.
"It would be perfect if the two of them could swap their positivity. Brooks thought.
However, Harden felt that he was a little wronged, and against Chen Mo, he felt that his defense was active enough, and the quality of the Warriors' cover was too good.
But now the Thunder are really in a very disadvantageous situation, and they can't limit the Warriors' offense at all. In the second quarter of the game, Coach Brooks did not let Durant rest, he put all the three Thunder on the court to strengthen the offense, and this stage of Chen Mo's absence was the key to them grabbing points.