Thunder attack, Wei Shao blocked and passed the ball to Ibaka, Ibaka shot wide under Jokic's interference, Gobert grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, he barely jumped, squeezed Adams' long arm and took the ball down, Gordon took Gobert's pass or passed to the team boss Li Mojie.

Li Mojie did not choose to play alone all the time this time, but after receiving the ball from the outside, he gestured to Jokic, and Jokic lifted up the three-point line and blocked it to help him get rid of Thomas.

Thomas is working defense, but his speed is slower than Li Mojie, and he can't catch up as soon as he is separated.

Ibaka defended out, Li Mojie held the ball and walked to the right side to open the distance, his left shoulder gently probed, dribbled to the right crotch and changed direction, past Ibaka, Adams chased the defense, Li Mojie sent the ball to the basket, Gordon cut the ball in the air, and smashed the ball with both hands before Westbrook came up to make up the defense.

"Li Mojie broke through and sent a beautiful assist, the Thunder team was hanging, it seems that Durant is not there, they can't limit Li Mojie's play at all!" Mike Brin said, shaking his head.

The Thunder attacked, and Westbrook decided to single out Gordon in the middle.

His series of crotch dribble feints were so smooth that Gordon was unmoved, didn't look up at his face, and waited for the change of direction to keep up. Wei Shao changed direction to the other side, and Gordon followed, without taking a feint. The two are similar in height and weight, and their athletic ability is not much different, they are both born in 88 and rookies in 08, they know each other, what tricks do you have, what skills I know, everyone understands.

Looking at the footsteps without looking at the opponent's shoulders is the secret of defense. Shoulders and eyes can be deceiving, it is the main feint, and the footsteps will not deceive. When the footsteps are messed up, the ball carrier is messed up.

Wei Shao made a jump shot, Gordon raised his hand to interfere, almost didn't jump, just scared him, the ball deflected out of the basket, Gordon glanced at it. Immediately place a fast attack. Wei Shao's pull-up jump shot is particularly accurate, and it is easy to score smoothly, and it is not allowed to bury the game directly. Sometimes it's really a stop-and-go jumper, and a stop-and-go jumper in the fourth quarter, and the game generally sees Wei Shao's singles, and Thunder fans want to have fewer stop-up jumpers and more bursts.

In this game, Jokic grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and gave it to Li Mojie, who led Westbrook, who was chasing the defense in the half, to pass the high lob ball to Gordon under the basket.

There was a mismatch on the court, and Gordon faced Thomas.

Small and big, this is a skill that guards must know if they want to survive in the NBA, Gordon is also one of the leaders, I saw Gordon not even look at Thomas, the body like a small tank is to kill under the basket, the same pull-up jump shot, Thomas almost jumped on Gordon, trying to use a foul to stop him from shooting. As a result, Gordon jumped up and shouldered Thomas and pushed the ball out of close range with his right hand.

The shot was too close to the basket, and the action was very irregular, the ball still hit the board and fell into the basket, and the referee blew the whistle 2+1.

Gordon at the free throw line. Hit the free throw with a solid shot.

"Good!" Hornacek clapped his hands excitedly and shouted from the sidelines, this kind of blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation came from his hand.

The most famous blocking and dismantling tactical system in history is the Jazz of the Sloan period, Stockton and Malone, which are flourishing, although they are the second oldest in 10,000 years, and they also fully demonstrate the power of blocking and dismantling, but at that time, Jazz's blocking and dismantling is a little different from the future Rockets and Warriors blocking and dismantling, and the blocking and dismantling at that time is the initiation point of specific offensive tactics, with a clear goal of the ball, his core is Malone rather than Stockton holding the ball, the most obvious point is that the blocking and dismantling all occur near the free throw line, and there is a short dislocation or gap through the blocking and dismantling, Create a mid-range shot opportunity for Malone, in this system, the core of the block is to create a misplaced opportunity for Malone, other players are just secondary choices, the priority is very clear, and the current Suns coach Honacek and Oku, who were strange centers at the time, make this system play a huge role.

Brooks saw that the situation was not good, but did not call a timeout, but told the Thunder players to play more resolutely.

Van Gundy smiled: "Before the game, people were optimistic about the Thunder, including me. I thought it would be difficult for the Suns to win, but I didn't expect that after Durant was injured and couldn't play, the Thunder was not the opponent of the Suns at all! ”

The fans in the stands were even more talkative.

"This is the Thunder team that was predicted to be second in the West by ESPN this season, and this second quarter is going to be spent by us!"

"yes, don't Thunder fans keep saying that they have a king bomb combination? Now that the king is in the hospital, and the little king is still on the field, isn't a king not an opponent at all if he is not there? ”

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Westbrook on the court also seemed to hear the fans' discussions, facing Gordon in the middle, standing still with the ball in both hands, he quickly moved forward and suddenly shook back and then used the emergency stop jump shot he was good at again, which is why the most Kobe-like person in the league is none other than Westbrook, no matter how many times he missed the shot before, he dared to shoot again!

Wei Shao jumped very high in this ball, but Gordon, who didn't expect Wei Shao to attack in the same way, reacted a step slower and didn't cover it, and then Wei Shao's pull-up jump shot finally hit.

Wei Shao's shooting percentage has been criticized, NBA playoffs true shooting percentage rankings, Westbrook is almost 25th every season After that, the famous Russian city blacksmith Wei Shao's future iron records are countless, for example, in the eight seasons in the league, 50 games have been at or below 25% shooting rate, an average of 6,7 games per season, comparable to the metallurgical giant Jason Kidd, just the two are similar in size. He even has an embarrassing record of shooting no more than 50% from the field in 24 consecutive games in the next 16 seasons, and many fans have boldly speculated that if Westbrook's career is long enough, the all-time No. 1 Iron King will be the Iron Turtle......

The Suns attacked, the ball to Li Mojie, and now he has gained 230 pounds, that is, 104KG, Li Mojie under this weight with its speed, the impact has begun to take shape, at least 90% of the league's small forwards have gradually been unable to withstand Li Mojie's breakthrough, and Lanthomas is just one of those 90%.

Forced to squeeze under the basket, a one-step stop-and-go jump shot, and the basketball obediently drilled into the net.

Van Gundy exclaimed, "Oh no, Marc Marc scored 13 points in the first quarter, and now he's starting his scoring show again, and I have a hunch that he's going to score a lot in this game." ”

"That's right, Durant is absent in this game, and the Thunder's originally proud front line is only Lance Thomas and Andre Robertson, both of whom are very difficult to defend Li Mojie, and now the Suns' lineup can open up space for Li Mojie, so the Thunder team is in trouble." Mike Brin added.

Wei Shao handed the ball to Ibaka, then turned his back to Gordon, asked the ball back, turned around and broke through directly, resisted Gordon and forced a layup, and forced a miss, but this rebound was picked up by Ibaka under the basket, he grabbed it and threw it to the basket, and the ball went in.

Brooks yelled on the sidelines, Adams was on the inside, Ibaka defended it, and Thomas completely locked up the space for Lee Mojie's shot, leaving Adams alone to defend Gobert and Jokic under the basket.

Li Mojie passed, Jokic received the ball, and nearby Westbrook hurriedly made up for the defense, Jokic then gave the bottom corner to Gordon, and the round-faced den missed the three-point shot.

As soon as the Thunder players breathed a sigh of relief, they saw Li Mojie rush up and rush on the right side to grab a frontcourt rebound.

Li Mojie won the basketball and immediately became strong, and the second offense, Adams pulled him down, shot three without sticking, made the action, and wanted to make free throws.

Li Mojie hit two free throws and scored his 25th point, and the game time was only in the second quarter and a half.

The Thunder went out of bounds, and Wei Shao still controlled the ball, but in this ball, Thomas successfully passed the cover, ran out of position, and scored under the empty basket.

But only Nash, who was sitting on the sidelines, saw a clue: "This ball, Mo Jie didn't try as hard as before, is it because he wants to allocate more physical strength to attack?" Maybe it's because I found out that the current Thunder team is not my opponent, and I feel good in this game, so I ......"