"In the second half, we made some changes!"

Intermission

In the Bucks' locker room, Xiao K is adjusting his strategy on the defensive end of the second half of the game, and after the first half of the trial, Xiao K has a preliminary understanding of the Thunder's "two axes", and it's time to target: "Yi, you play the No. 4 position in the second half, and Matt Barnes goes to the No. 3 position!" ”

Kevin Durant kept calling for pick-and-rolls in the first half, which made Yi Jianlian a little passive on the defensive end, and Bogut's movement really couldn't keep up with Kostic, and Kevin Durant was the kind of player who could complete the shot as long as he had a little offensive space.

In this case, Xiao K simply let Yi Jianlian be the player who supplemented the defense.

"In addition, Mo, you have to force Russell to continue to break through, Yi, the core of this defensive lineup is still you, you have to work with Bogut to stop Westbrook's breakthrough!"

Westbrook's lowest scoring efficiency is his pull-up jump shot after breaking through, but Westbrook is particularly fond of pull-up jump shots, and what Little K has to do is to make Westbrook fall into constant inefficient shots.

It can be seen from the layout of the defensive end that after Xiao K's baptism in the finals, his ability to arrange tactics has also improved greatly.

***

The second half of the game came back.

The Thunder team is still dominated by Kevin Durant and Westbrook's "two-board axe", and the Bucks' sudden increased defensive intensity makes the Thunder boys very uncomfortable.

Kevin Durant, who played comfortably in the first half with blocking and pick-and-roll, was a lot less efficient under Yi Jianlian's timely defense, although it was still close to 50% of the shooting rate, but compared with the fiery state of consecutive shots in the first half, it was obviously a little struggling.

And the turtle was unsurprisingly tricked by the small K and fell into the most efficient pull-up jump shot.

In this rhythm, the score difference is constantly widened.

Brooks was crazy at the bottom, but he still couldn't recall the "king bomb combination" that played vigorously in the first half.

"The Bucks are starting to show what they are as a championship team, and after returning from halftime, they suddenly stepped up their defense, and this change on the defensive end is something that the young Thunder can't adapt to for a while!"

I thought you were going to fight me to the end, but I didn't expect you to sneak out of the defense.

Shameless~

Brooks was angry.

But the Thunder's momentum had been suppressed, and around 8 minutes into the third quarter, he had to call a timeout.

78-69, the Bucks took the first large point lead of the game with a change in defensive focus in the second half.

"Well done!"

The Bucks players came off the court and gave each other a high-five.

can be regarded as widening the point difference, and these young people are really tricky.

They really didn't expect the first game of the season to be so hard to play.

"Kevin has been a real pervert this season." Matt Barnes muttered, he was the main defense of Kevin Durant in the third quarter, and the long arms and legs would be slipped away by him if he was not careful, especially later, after Kevin Durant was blocked by Yi Jianlian every time, he didn't call a timeout, he followed Matt Barnes head-on, and during that time, Barnes really had a feeling that life was worse than death.

While it's not like Barnes hasn't played against Kevin Durant in previous seasons, Kevin Durant has clearly improved more this season.

This guy is just too hard to guard.

Fortunately, he can finally rest for a while, and Xiao K has just informed Yi that he will return to the third position in the next game.

Wright, assistant coach of the Bucks, listened to his complaint and smiled: "It's really amazing, he has scored 28 points, and judging from the current situation, he really can't stop this game!" ”

Barnes nodded approvingly.

"However, Yi is obviously better than him, he has already scored 33 points, and if nothing else, the first 50 points of the new season will be born tonight!"

"No, it won't!"

Barnes's attention just now was on Kevin Durant, and when Wright reminded him, he realized that the Bucks had a guy who was even more perverted than Kevin Durant.

It looks like I made the right choice for the summer!

At the end of the timeout, the Thunder did not change anything other than taking James Harden at the No. 2 position.

The Bucks didn't change much, but they put Yi Jianlian back at the No. 3 position and brought Channing Fry back on the court, this lineup is the Bucks' smoothest lineup on the offensive end, and in the case of the point difference stretched to 8 points, Xiao K obviously intends to use offense to make a final decision.

Brooks' idea should be the same as Xiao K, after the "King Bomb Combo" is restricted, all he can think of is to swing the Thunder's "third axe".

The Bucks forced Brooks into one last set of tactics.

Yi Jianlian returned to the No. 3 position and faced Kevin Durant again, Kevin Durant was also smart, and immediately called Kostic to help him block and dismantle, but this time, while Kostic was coming, Bogut also followed, and Yi Jianlian also directly pasted Kevin Durant for the first time.

Kevin Durant didn't expect Yi Jianlian to suddenly post it, he could have taken this opportunity to force a breakthrough, but he had already called Kostic up, and Bogut followed, so he wanted space to make a move, but the space was reduced instead.

Looking at the Bucks duo that was getting further and further forward, Kevin Durant chose to shoot strongly.

"Bang dang!"

Didn't go in!

Channingfrye grabbed the defensive rebound.

It was his fifth rebound of the game.

In the absence of Kostic and Bogut on the inside, Channing Fry became the "board boss" on the inside.

Although Channingfrye is a high position on the outside, his rebounding skills are still good, and he has averaged nearly 6 rebounds per game in several seasons.

Compared to the inside beast, it is not very good, but compared to the same type of high turret, Channingfrye's ability to grab the board is still good.

Moreover, Jeff Green's height is not as good as Channingfree, a difference of 5cm, which is also an important reason why he can become a "board bully".

Kevin Durant frowned and ran back, this shot can be regarded as his mistake, his choice on the offensive end allowed Yi Jianlian to feel the pattern and form an effective defense.

If Kevin Durant doesn't choose to shoot strongly, he can imagine that at worst he will be scramble for the ball, and it would be a mistake to get it wrong.

"The Thunder's rhythm in the third quarter was completely carried away by the Bucks, and judging from the performance of the Thunder in the first half, they were really strong and had a high ceiling for the future, but judging from their performance in the third quarter, they were not a strong team yet, at least not at the level of a championship contender."