Chapter 43: Breakthrough in turn
The Thunder continue to attack with Durant on the ball, not because Durant is the boss of the Thunder, but because Durant is really good, at least for the current Thunder team, his offensive reliability is much more stable than others.
Durant is definitely physically gifted, he has a height of 211cm and an arm span of 228cm. Durant's arms have been getting thicker over the past two seasons, and he is no longer afraid of any physical confrontation, and often hits shots or layups when his body is out of balance, sometimes even completing dunks from 7 feet apart.
Durant's ball-handling skills are extremely skillful, with swift crossover disguises, turns, and pull-up jumpers that can only be seen on guards. The shot is superb, he can score anywhere on the court, and no one can block his jumper. Playing at the point guard's level of playmaking and passing awareness, he is able to revitalize the offense of the whole team by himself. Rebounding is aggressive, especially offensive rebounding. Ball control is rare at this height.
Durant's most prominent skill is his steady mid-range shooting ability, and he is impeccable in terms of shooting action and shooting percentage. His free throws are also one of his strengths.
So there are many people who say that Durant is hanging up, he is so tall, but he goes to play small forward, and he is a projection small forward, this is shameless!
Of course, people who say such things are basically shameless, this is the strength of others, you can still not let people use it, and it is a good way to be able to play to your strengths.
"Do you want to shoot beyond the three-point line in the future?" Qin Zheng thought about it for a while, and then gave up this idea.
If it is known that he, a 220-centimeter-tall center, shoots three points outside the three-point line, then it is okay, it is impossible for anyone to influence him at all, for Qin Zheng, what is the difference between that and empty shooting.
As long as the hand is not so stiff, the three-point is very good to work out, especially the open shot, which is similar to training.
If Qin Zheng really shoots three-pointers, I don't know if the league will change the rules to stipulate that players above 210 can't shoot three-pointers?
So the bug-like Durant hit another mid-range shot on Alssoton's head to bring the score to 3-point distance.
But your Thunder team has a BUG, and my Clippers team is not bad, facing Jeff Green, Qin Zheng is also a BUG general storage zĂ i, his height and arm span are a cut larger than Jeff Green, and Qin Zheng is also like Durant, jump shot, mid-range jump shot.
Jeff Green can't reach the basketball in Qin Zheng's hand when he jumps, and Qin Zheng also plans that if Jeff Green really gets in on his own, then he will stick it directly and beat him 2+1, so that he can beat him down soon.
Don't look at Jeff Green's defense is not very good, but he doesn't eat fouls much, Qin Zheng tried three times on him, and one time was unsuccessful.
After the official timeout, the Thunder replaced Kostic with James Harden, and the Thunder became a small man lineup.
And their offensive tactics have also become running.
At this moment, the tallest Thunder player on the court turned out to be Durant, but his body was very flexible on a cold day, and he was not inferior to the fast attack.
This is a pain for the Clippers players.
Dunleavy didn't see it as a solution, if it hadn't been for Westbrook's two strikes, the Clippers would have been pulled away by 10 points.
So Dunleavy replaced Jordan Jr. with Craig Smith, who is also a 201-centimeter-tall swingman.
Now the Clippers' lineup has also become one big and four small.
Dunleavy's original trick also failed, and Dunleavy originally planned to use his team's height advantage to play positional battles, who knew that several of the Thunder's livestock would not give the Clippers this opportunity at all.
If the Clippers don't bring up the pace, they won't be able to keep up with the Thunder's offense.
The current Thunder team simply broke through after taking the basketball, and then jumped to shoot, where would they wait until the Clippers' Qin Zheng and Jordan Jr. stood in a good position before attacking.
Then, the Clippers and Thunder began to play like crazy.
Once the offensive speed is greatly accelerated, then the number of shots will also increase, and the number of shots will increase, which means that the timing of the shot is not very good, and then, start to hit the iron properly.
Although Qin Zheng is very beautiful in his heart, he can't laugh, and the Clippers are still lagging behind.
Most of the offense of the two teams was completed on the outside, and when they couldn't run at all, the players shot, and Qin Zheng could only run back and forth and grab rebounds.
The Clippers' shooting percentage is very low, the highest Smith is only 40% shooting, and the lowest Butler is only 20% shooting.
However, despite this, the Thunder team did not lead by many points, only leading by 5 points, mainly because Harden, Westbrook, Jeff Green and Soflosa on the Thunder side in addition to Durant did not have a very high shooting percentage, especially Westbrook, whose shooting percentage was not as high as Butler's.
The offensive speed is constantly improving and improving, Qin Zheng has no chance to fall into a good position to attack, and the minds of the players on both sides don't have this idea at all now, that is, to fight for character and hit rate.
You shoot a three, I shoot a three, you shoot a mid-range shot, I shoot a mid-range shot, and then you hit a piece and I hit a piece of iron.
And just like that, the first quarter ended quickly, and the Clippers scored their lowest score in the first quarter of the season, 22 points.
The Thunder on the opposite side also didn't have a very high score, and they didn't score more than 25 points.
In the face of such a game, Qin Zheng is helpless, and Dunleavy is helpless, the Clippers can only follow the rhythm of the Thunder team, otherwise they will not have time to defend the Thunder team's counterattack, and they will definitely be beaten one by one, and then they will not be three points behind.
Panting and sitting on the chair, Qin Zheng gasped for breath, he was very tired in this game, except for grabbing rebounds is running back and forth, he didn't get any shooting opportunities at all, except for the opening 4 points, Qin Zheng's next game, except for grabbing two frontcourt rebounds and dunking, he never took the initiative to attack.
"Now I know why those teams always increase their speed unconsciously when they play with the Suns, I see." Qin Zheng finally understands now, it's not that he doesn't want to stabilize the rhythm, it's not that he doesn't want to slow down, but his team doesn't have that ability at all, and he doesn't have the old spicy of the Spurs, he can stretch and contract freely, and he can be fast and slow.
"Get Paul here, or I'll be played to death by these guys." In fact, Qin Zheng didn't know that he could only get out of himself in a difficult situation.
"Ma Dan, Westbrook and Harden broke through so many times, and Lao Tzu didn't even have a block in the first quarter, which is too abnormal." Qin Zheng made up his mind that in the next quarter of the game, when the Clippers attacked, they must definitely slow down and definitely have a success rate.
Just how can it be fast? Playing iron is not what the players are after.