Chapter 18: The Gap in Substitutions (Part 1)
Scott Brooks is still a coach with no level after all, perhaps his biggest strength is to help young players grow, but now the Thunder no longer need him to help young players grow, and the Thunder now need an excellent coach to knead the combination of Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
But obviously, Scott Brooks can't do this, so when the 76ers use Anxi and Jack Crowder to mark Durant and Westbrook respectively, and cut off the connection between the two, the Thunder on the court can only continue to fight alone.
The efficiency of fighting alone is naturally not high, especially when Westbrook meets Anxi, and Durant meets Jack Crowder, who has improved significantly this season, and the two human-shaped blockade walls on the outside directly lock the Thunder's offensive sluggishness.
On the other hand, looking at the 76ers' offense, Anxi's single Andre Robertson is difficult to defend, even if it is a tactical game, a variety of blocking triangles, it is difficult to deal with the Thunder.
So, in the first quarter of the game, the 76ers threw away their armor on the Thunder, and it was obvious that Anxi's words before the game were gradually being fulfilled.
The first quarter ended quickly, and the 76ers scored 38 points in a single quarter, and played a 38:24 in the first quarter, directly leading the Thunder by 14 points.
Anxi scored 18 points alone, and Russell Westbrook, who was also defending, scored 5 points on 2-of-7 shooting in the first quarter, and had 3 turnovers, while Kevin Durant on the other side played normally, scoring 14 points on 5-of-11 shooting, but compared to Anxi, it was a little worse.
Obviously, from the first quarter, Anxi broke the Thunder double less, and the 76ers also took a 14-point lead with team cooperation and cooperation.
And just like that, the 76ers entered the second quarter with a 14-point lead.
The opening of the second quarter was the confrontation between the benches of the two teams, and the depth of the 76ers' bench this season has improved significantly, whether it is Louis Williams, or Evan Turner, or Channing Fry, all of which have greatly strengthened the bench depth of the 76ers.
On the other hand, the only one on the bench who can get his hands is Reggie Jackson, Jerry Milan is not bad, but if he changes to the 76ers, Jerry Milan will have to compete with James Anderson and Troy Daniels for a rotation spot, so in terms of benches, the gap between the Thunder and the 76ers is still very large.
And this gap was evident from the beginning of the second quarter, the 76ers scored one after another, and the Thunder could only rely on Reggie Jackson's strong burst to kill the inside score, and soon, the score was further stretched.
Louis Williams hit a three-pointer from the outside, and Reggie Jackson responded with a layup, but the margin widened by one point.
Then, Louis Williams broke through, attracted the defense and shared the ball, and Channingfrye hit another three-pointer, boom!
Scott Brooks then called a timeout.
Because after this three-point shot, the difference came to 20 points.
Scott Brooks naturally couldn't sit back and watch the point difference continue to widen, he looked at Durant and Westbrook on the bench, and as soon as he waved, he decided to let the double less reappear.
At this time, next to the bench of the 76ers, Brett Brown arranged the next tactical play with a smile on his face.
"The Thunder will definitely have to play all the main forces in the future, so our next goal is also very simple, to maintain the current 20-point lead, and we will also make substitutions. ”
Brett Brown immediately began to deploy troops, but at this time, the 76ers players already knew what kind of substitution Brett Brown was going to make, which was nothing more than a replacement for the Whirlwind of Death lineup.
"Ann, you play, guest point guard, Louis Williams continues to play the second position, Jack Crowder is the third position, inside Channing and Nolens, let's play fast and fast, don't care about defense, use the attack to break the opponent!"
It's another Whirlwind of Death lineup, although this lineup is deformed, but the offense is really strong, Anxi assists, Louis Williams feints, plus Jack Crowder and Channing Frye, the two three-point shooters, and there is also an extremely athletic Noryn Noll on the inside, and the offensive end is simply invincible.
Soon, the timeout ended, and the Thunder changed to an all-main lineup, point guard Reggie Jackson, scoring guard Russell Westbrook, small forward Kevin Durant, big forward Serge Ibaka and center Steven Adams, this lineup should be the strongest lineup of the Thunder.
Scott Brooks is all in the squad at this time, apparently ready to fight to see if he can beat the 20-point deficit back.
The first shot after the pause, the Thunder's offense, Kevin Durant held the ball, faced Jack Crowder's defense, a probe, and then a change of direction, after shaking off Jack Crowder a step, he stepped back and pulled out his hand outside the three-point line.
Kevin Durant, who had just come out, shot this ball as firmly as a killer, and this three-point shot was like a killer's sword, smacking through the enemy's net.
The Russian City fans cheered wildly, although they were still 17 points behind, but Kevin Durant's three-point shot still made them feel excited, and this goal also played a little morale of the Thunder, and all the Russian City fans were screaming and cheering wildly.
Anxi ignored the heat in the Chesapeake Energy Arena and shouted with a cold face, "Give them back!"
So, Anxi received a pass, held the ball outside the three-point line, and faced Westbrook's defense.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Anxi came with two consecutive crotch dribbles, he glanced at the basket, and then pushed away Westbrook, accelerated one step, and rushed inside the three-point line.
Westbrook's defense has always been his hard injury, after being hit by Anxi, he took two steps back towards the basket, and when Anxi took a step back and jumped high outside the three-point line, Westbrook completely gave up the defense, but continued to retreat towards the basket.
He stuck Louis Williams, who rushed to the basket on the other side, and completely posed as if he grabbed the rebound, which made people cry and laugh.
Bang! Anxi hit a three-point shot!
Westbrook looked like he was ready to take the ball from the baseline as usual, and Anxi on the other side raised his right hand that threw a three-pointer to celebrate the three-pointer.
"Three-point score! The difference is back to 20 points! Beautiful! You still have to look at Anxi at the critical moment!"
The Thunder soon began to fight back, and the biggest flaw in the 76ers' lineup was the defense, and this time, they still failed to prevent the Thunder's offense.
However, this time it was Durant who scored, and he singled out Jack Crowder and finally broke into the interior to score a layup, and the margin was narrowed to 18 points.
The 76ers didn't have much idea about the Thunder's scoring, Anxi carried the ball to the frontcourt, directing his teammates' runs, and they had the same confidence in their offense, after all, the whole November was over, and the Death Whirlwind lineup was famous, and they gained a lot of confidence because of it.
Louis Williams received an off-ball block from Nolan Snoll on the side, and then accelerated to the left 45° position, Anxi did not hesitate to throw the ball directly, and then began to run.
But after a few steps, the referee blew the whistle with a beep.
An Xi turned his head and found that it was Louis Williams who made a three-point foul on Sergi Ibaka, who made up the defense, and the ball did not score, but won three free throws.
The 76ers' bench roared with joy, and Louis Williams made solid free throws, hitting three consecutive free throws.
As a result, the 76ers not only did not let the Thunder narrow the difference, but expanded the gap to 21 points.
In this way, the 76ers relied on a stronger offense and led the Thunder by as many as 25 points at halftime 75:50.
Anxi scored another nine points in the second quarter to take his personal score to 27 points at halftime, but the 76ers were able to take such a big lead because of Louis Williams and Channingfrye's outbursts.
Louis Williams scored 12 points in the second quarter, while Channingfrye also hit three three-pointers in the second quarter, and the two of them, along with Ann, accounted for the vast majority of the 76ers' scoring in the second quarter.