On May 11, 2014, local time in the United States, the American Airlines Center Arena was full of spectators.

Almost everyone is rooting for the Phoenix Suns, and now that the team is back in shape after the swing and back in the last game, they moved back to one city, so the morale of the Suns fans is extremely high, and they think the team will go to the Thunder's home court with a 2-2 home win.

Anella Sanguela naturally won't miss out on this kind of crucial game, and she wore the Suns' No. 22 white jersey to cheer on Li Mojie with a radiant glow. Before the game started, the footage of many media outlets she attracted became a highlight in the live broadcast.

A small number of Thunder fans attended the game, and the cheers were completely muffled.

But the Thunder players are very calm when they play, and the current core of the Thunder team, Westbrook and Durant, have experienced the test of the Finals last season, and they have long been accustomed to seeing big scenes, and they are full of confidence, so they will not be easily affected by the fans.

The Thunder's starting five: PG Westbrook (6'3"), SG Saposovnosa (6'7"), SF Durant (6'11"), PF Sergi Ibaka (6'10"), C Kendrick Perkins (6'10"). Brooks believes that the loss in the last game is not because of how strong the Suns are and how correct the tactics are, but because the loss is not good for Westbrook and Durant, so he doesn't plan to make any adjustments, he thinks that the hard-working Thunder team can definitely beat the Suns.

In the last game, Gobert did a good job, so the Suns also did not change the pain, and they were still the starting five in the last game: PG Eric Bledsoe (6'1"), SG Chris Middleton, SF Mojab Lee (6'8"), PF Markieff Morris (6'10"), Rudy Gobert (7'1")

Gobert jumped the ball to win and the game began.

Bledsoe took to the frontcourt, and Lee Mojie covered with Markieff off the ball on the right side to receive the basketball, and Durant quickly bypassed Markieff and got close to him the moment he turned to face the frame.

Li Mojie protected the basketball with his back and forcibly squeezed Durant to make a layup, and Li Mojie played very tough in the first shot.

"Well done, our champion gave the opposite side a dismount as soon as it opened!" Albert shouted excitedly.

The Thunder offense, this game Hornacek's tactics are still timely to wrap Durant, Durant in Li Mojie's interference and Markieff's help to defend no chance to shoot, pass to the receiving Westbrook, the latter a base pass to the inside Ibaka.

Serge Ibaka is a rare unicorn in the NBA. A big man who can combine a mid-range jumper, protect the box and switch to a smaller player at the same time is very, very rare. And Ibaka's offensive contribution was not right. A team with Westbrook and Durant doesn't need too many scorers, they just need a few shooters, blockers and passers. A big man who can do all three of these things and doesn't need too many touches is very, very rare. Serge Ibaka is the best pitcher among the big men in the league. He can shoot 45.1 percent from 16-23 feet, the best of any big man in the zone who has taken at least 75 shots. He averaged 2 three-pointers per game and shot 37 percent from the field, and his shooting percentage has steadily improved year after year. Ibaka can make a jump shot after a pick-and-roll or be a spot shooter. That makes him the perfect puzzle next to Durant and Westbrook.

For example, in this ball, he singled in the face frame, and in the face of Gobert, he turned to the right and forced a shot.

The Suns attacked, and the Thunder adopted a single-defense strategy and one-on-one defense.

The ball passed to Bledsoe's hand, he received the ball on the left side and turned his back to Westbrook to resist it, took the ball to the middle and shook it, attracting Wei Shao to move to the middle, and then turned to the bottom line, jumped quickly, and shot with one hand, Bledsoe's middle distance is still good, but unfortunately this ball is out of the way, but this ball Bledsoe is quite excited, he immediately pleaded to the referee after shooting that Westbrook hit, but unfortunately the referee did not make a sound.

The rebound was grabbed by Perkins, the Thunder went on a fast break, Durant covered on the side, Westbrook's impact was too fast, and the speed at which he rushed up with the ball was almost unstoppable in the league, and a one-handed split dunk ended the offense.

The Suns attacked, Li Mojie relied on Gobert to cover to get rid of Durant, and Perkins quickly changed defenses.

After being blocked, Li Mojie found that Durant went around to defend Gobert, and even if the ball passed, he couldn't shoot directly. So he passed the ball to Middleton on the side, who missed a three-point shot, and Ibaka grabbed the rebound.

This time Westbrook also wanted to play a fast break, but was successfully delayed by Li Mojie, so the Thunder turned to a positional battle, and after several passes on the periphery, and did not get rid of it, Westbrook chose to block the singles after the pick-and-roll, so he called Perkins out, and then Gobert was successfully attracted to the basket and the basket was empty, so how could Westbrook let go of this opportunity?

Taking the ball and forcing the inside line not only scored, but also caused a foul on Markieff! 2+1, the referee blows the whistle!

Then, only five seconds later, Bledsoe made a low-level mistake in passing, and in the half, he gave Li Mojie without looking at people, and was successfully tackled by Westbrook, and he scored a single-handed fast break and a low-handed basketball, which was very easy.

Hornacek immediately called a timeout.

Albert sighed, "The coach called a timeout. This timeout was called at a timely time, and the Suns had to adjust, and there were problems on both ends of the floor during this period. ”

"That's right, Westbrook has obviously regained his form in this game, he is very excited now, and the excitement of the turtle is almost unstoppable!" Eddie Johnson nodded in agreement.

Just 4 minutes and 18 seconds into the game, Hornacek was forced to call a timeout, and the first thing he did was make a substitution.

"Erik, you play, Mojab, you go to play point guard, you are responsible for holding the ball and playing blocking and dismantling, you can misplace the inside line, attract the attention of the defense, Green, you go to play small forward, you go to defend Durant, the offensive end must keep running circles with him, you have the ability to shoot outside, Durant can't choose to let you go, don't be nervous, we can win!" This season, Gerald Green averaged 6.2 three-pointers per game, hitting 2.5, and the three-point shooting rate just reached 40%, the league's top three-point shooter level, belongs to the group of people who must not be let go!

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