The day after the party, Tang Tian raised the question of Westbrook's positioning at the regular meeting of the coaching staff.

Stevens and Wharton agreed, and the two coaches, who are also young, are also interested and curious about revamping Willis.

After the regular meeting, Tang Tian called Kidd and Harden to the office and talked to them about the changes.

Both of them seemed a little excited, and the fact that they had the ball was an affirmation of their playmaking skills.

Especially Harden.

At the start of the season, the coaching staff used Westbrook as the tactical core, and now he has won it over through his own efforts.

The decision was made, and then it was time to train.

In basketball games, aside from individual talents, 20% of the performance on the court depends on on-court performance, and the remaining 80% is off-court training, which is the same as the exams when I was a student.

It just so happened that the Thunder had a rare 4-day rest after losing to the Spurs, so they could take advantage of this period to train well.

The new style of play needs to be transitioned, and Westbrook can clearly feel uncomfortable when training, but Tang Tian and the coaching staff continue to give him verbal encouragement and support on the sidelines.

Four days later, the Thunder flew to Golden State to take on the Warriors.

The Warriors traded Ellis away last season, determined Stephen Curry as the core, and appointed Mark Jackson as the team's new coach, sweeping away the image of the past bombardment and disrupting the battle, this season traded to Bogut, signed Landry, selected Barnes, and the strength has improved significantly, currently ranked sixth in the West, and after five years, there is a great hope of returning to the playoffs.

Although Oakland is not as famous as New York and Los Angeles, this city adjacent to San Francisco is one of the most economically developed areas in the United States, and the basketball atmosphere here has always been very good, and with the recovery of the Warriors, the ball market is also becoming more and more popular.

Facing the championship favorites Thunder, the Oracle Arena that night was also full.

After the enthusiastic opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides appeared one after another.

On the Thunder's side, Tang Tian sent a regular starting lineup, with Westbrook and Kidd on the outside, Durant and Ibaka on the front, and Brown at center.

On the Warriors' side, Curry and Thompson are on the outside, Harrison Barnes and David Lee on the front, and Bogut is at center.

To the cheers of the fans, Bogut jumped to the top of Ibaka's victory and gave the home team the opportunity to attack first.

Curry dribbled to the frontcourt, Bogut blocked the high post, and Curry misplaced against Brown.

Mark Jackson's Warriors are very good defensively, but the offense is relatively simple, and after creating a misalignment, the other players all pull away to create space for Curry to play alone.

Curry shook his feet in succession, took the ball and squeezed past Brown to break through the basket.

On the weak side, Ibaka defended quickly, interfering directly, Curry's layup was deflected off the basket, and Ibaka received the defensive rebound.

Ibaka turned and handed the ball to Kidd, who dribbled to the frontcourt.

It was at this time that the Thunder began to play their new tactics that they had been training in the past.

Westbrook and Durant began to cut in from both sides and then looked for opportunities, either by blocking Brown and Ibaka, or by running back to find open opportunities.

The Warriors' players struggled to keep an eye on their respective defenders, blocking and squeezing through as if desperately, and stunned to prevent the Thunder's off-ball.

There were also bursts of cheers at the scene.

That's what Mark Jackson built for this team, and it never belonged to the Warriors before.

Kidd saw that it didn't work, and reached out to signal Durant to go directly to the three-point line, Durant came over, he passed the ball with one hand, and then the experienced directly stuck Barnes.

Durant grabbed the space and made a three-point shot.

"Huh!"

Durant took the lead for the Thunder.

Looking back, it was Curry who still held the ball, but this time the person who blocked the pick-and-roll became David Lee, Curry went out after splitting the ball this time, and then fed the ball to David Lee, who pressed Westbrook to turn around and send the ball to the basket.

Curry's quick shot helped the Warriors play this misalignment.

The Thunder's offense is still Kidd's organization, this time Westbrook got a chance to cut in the air, Kidd's hit the ball and passed the ball beautifully, and Westbrook took the ball and made a layup to score directly and quickly.

"People! Keep up with the defenders! ”

Mark Jackson was directly angry on the sidelines at this time, and the last thing he could tolerate was this kind of defensive performance of being scored by opponents in a row.

The Warriors' high pick-and-roll in the frontcourt had another chance, this time with Thompson facing Ibaka, who dribbled back to beyond the three-point line.

But Ibaka's defense was very deterrent, and the jumping block almost risked Thompson's shot, and the ball went straight to the three.

Kidd dribbles to the front court again, still playing the top of the circle.

The Warriors were yelled at by Mark Jackson, and the defensive intensity on the court was noticeably higher.

Westbrook ran back from under the basket, Kidd threw his hand and passed, but Westbrook made a mistake in cooperation, turned and ran back to the basket, and the ball went directly out of bounds.

The scene footage was given to Tang Tian, and Tang Tian's expression did not change much.

This is the first game of the new tactic, and this kind of mistake due to tacit cooperation is acceptable.

The Warriors' offense, Curry took the three-point line by blocking the high post in the frontcourt, and directly hit the three-point shot.

5-5, the two teams played for two minutes and ended in a draw.

The Thunder's frontcourt offense, Westbrook ran out of the three-point line to receive the ball, after receiving the ball, Curry chased the ball in place, instinctively chose to break through, suddenly wanted to pass the ball halfway, but Curry cut the ball, the Warriors played a fast break, and Thompson received the ball in the front court and scored the ball.

7-5, the Warriors overtook the score.

The cheers at the scene shook the sky.

There is a gap between the strength of the Warriors and the Thunder team, and they were all crushed in the past games, but they didn't expect the Thunder team to suddenly change their style of play, but they took the initiative.

Tang Tian stood up from the sidelines at this time and reminded Westbrook to be more decisive in his offensive choice.

The Thunder's frontcourt offense, Durant came out to receive Kidd's first-time pass and shot.

Westbrook still needs to adapt to this new style of play, but Durant is much more comfortable playing in this system than before.

Here, Curry assisted Lee to score a goal under the basket with a high post block, and on that side, Kidd assisted Durant to score a layup.

Thompson hit a three-pointer from the outside with Brown on a step-back, and Kidd passed to Westbrook, who missed the three-pointer from the outside.

This Warriors team is fundamentally defensive, but they had a good hand tonight.

At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led the Thunder 30-21, and they played their best offensive quarter of the season, but the Thunder did not play very well on the offensive end.

While Durant scored 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting, Westbrook struggled a bit, making just one goal and committing two turnovers on five shots in the quarter.