If it weren't for the fact that there are four teammates on the court who do the dirty work for him, and if it weren't for the fact that his assist statistics still rely on these four hard-working teammates, Westbrook might really be able to turn the NBA arena into a playground at Rock Park.

Westbrook is an alternative to the NBA, and I'm sure many people will say that.

As soon as he gets on the court, as soon as he gets the basketball, Westbrook's desire to attack seems to be constantly coming out of his body.

This is Wei Shao, his play is really unreasonable, yes, his shooting percentage is really not high, yes, his ball possession rate is really high, it's true, but even so, you just can't prevent him from attacking so straightforwardly.

Compared with Harden, who has more delicate steps, Lillard, who has more rhythms, Irving, who has more fancy movements, and Wall, who is more fast, Westbrook's scoring methods are much simpler. Bow your head and dribble, sprint with all your might, sprint with all your muscles, and rush to the basket with the basket, that's all Westbrook's first phase of offense, what's the matter, anyway, I'm just better than you, anyway, I'm more durable than you, anyway, I just like to watch you know how I'm going to attack but I look helpless.

The first 4 minutes of this Knicks vs. Thunder game were almost entirely individual battles between Roy and Westbrook.

The two of them are also interesting, with Wei Shao slamming into the basket like a headless fly when attacking, while Roy chooses to stand in position and shoot from the outside. The two leading stars, one tall and one short, one inside and one outside, one moving and one quiet, one ugly and one handsome, constitute a unique landscape on the field, and the other eight players plus three referees are the witnesses of their "cancer showdown".

The offense is so boring, and the situation is similar when it comes to the defensive end, Wei Shao sees that Roy, who is taller and more bounced than himself, has no way to start, except for making a show to interfere and interfere, he can only keep spewing trash talk. And Roy wanted to defend Wei Shao's breakthrough well, but his body really couldn't stand this "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" suicidal breakthrough play.

The two of them just evolved into a mutual explosion mode, Wei Shao can burst out, Roy is good at throwing, you can't handle my anti-aircraft gun, and I can't prevent your rolling dragon.

After a few rounds of fighting, Roy couldn't stand it first, although his proflamation was labor-saving and comfortable, but it was uncomfortable to play like this, Roy was not Westbrook with thick skin, big eyes and thick neck, he couldn't stand the appearance of four teammates watching him profuse alone, not to mention that there was Stockton, the new "master", watching him off the court.

So, Roy took the lead in ending the first-round scoring battle, and the first-round record of the two battles: Roy scored 9 points on 3-of-7 three-pointers, and Westbrook also scored 8 points on 4-of-8 shooting.

Roy's abandonment of the heads-up naturally attracted a burst of ridicule from Wei Shao, and the two immediately quarreled on the field again.

"Hey, rookie, aren't you going to continue one-on-one with me? You must be afraid of me, right? You can't stop me anyway, can you? ”

"No, on the contrary, I'm afraid that you will infect me with the problem of striking iron, which is very difficult to cure." Roy's trash talk really poked Westbrook's pain point, and his face was instantly covered with black lines.

"Rookie, you wait for me."

Seeing that Roy played assists, Westbrook was not to be outdone, since you don't play with me, then let's pass the ball by comparison, so the confrontation between the two entered the second round - fighting organization.

Speaking of organization, this is actually not Westbrook's strong point, don't look at Wei Shao's current average of 11.1 assists per game, half of which are forcibly brushed out by him, what forced passes in the last few seconds, what can't break through and forcibly stuff the basket, what can he throw and pass to others, he really has to owe his teammates a good temper plus a good shot, if it were to be replaced by others, it would have been a long time ago to break up.

Compared with Wei Shao's forced assists, Roy's organizational efficiency is much higher, he can deliver 5.8 assists in just 27.6 minutes per game, and these assists are genuine assists, not a last-minute pitfall, nor a mess of forced assists.

The lack of a big picture has always been a weakness of Willis (who made him only have the basket in his eyes), and after Durant's departure, this shortcoming has undoubtedly been put even bigger. Wei Shao's first three plays, one on the inside to Adams, one on the inside to Oladipo with 2 seconds left on the offensive time, and one forced an aerial relay to find Sabonis Jr., but unfortunately, these three offensive teammates all missed the ball without exception.

Seeing that he missed three opportunities to brush assists, Westbrook yelled angrily, while on the Knicks' side, Roy patiently played tactics, looked for opportunities, and passed gaps according to Stockton's teachings. And his teammates are obviously more competitive, not only can they score the created chance balls steadily, but even those 50% of the non-chance balls can be lucky to throw, so one in and one out, Wei Shao was instantly compared, and the second round of the two battles: Roy won.

I'm X, Wei Shao saw that the team's score was 5 points ahead by the Knicks, and he couldn't be a good person, and he couldn't get an assist, so he simply returned to the "cancer" style of play, this time, the score gap between the two sides was further widened.

Thunder head coach Billy Donovan saw that there was not much time left in the first quarter, so he simply replaced Wei Shao, and Roy also went off the court.

Roy went off the court, and Malone and Stockton immediately surrounded him.

"How does it feel to defend a section of Westbrook?" Old Malone was the first to speak, he looked at Roy with a wicked smile, as if to say, "Boy, it's very tiring to prevent that little tank, I can see at a glance that your strength is not good, why don't I take you to do strength training at night?" ”

I'm X, what does Malone mean by this ill-intentioned look? He doesn't have any bad ideas, does he? Roy Chrysanthemum tightened, but still said what he really thought in his heart.

"This guy is better suited to play rugby." After speaking, Roy took a sip of his drink and breathed a long sigh of relief, "Coach Marlon, do you have any good ideas?" ”

"Yes, of course, if I ......" Before Malone could finish half a sentence, Stockton immediately pushed him away.

"Karl (Malone), go cool down, don't get in the way here, you might as well care about your interior players when you have time, they're all about to be blown up by Westbrook."

Malone was so defeated by Stockton that he had to leave in a huff, there was no way, the two of them have worked together for so many years, and Carl Malone, who seems to be tall, has always played the role of "Xiao Shou", he doesn't dare to talk back to "Little Attack" Stockton.

Seeing Malone's huge body go away, Stockton began to get down to business.

"Roy, how does it feel to go head-to-head with Westbrook?"

"This guy is better suited to play rugby." Roy repeated it word for word, thinking to himself, what kind of word game are you two old guys playing? Isn't it too much trouble for one person to ask again? Or has your hearing deteriorated to such a field?

"Do you think you can defend against Westbrook one-on-one?"

"It's a little difficult." Although Roy knew that it was unrealistic for his current ability to completely lock Westbrook, he still refused to admit defeat, and the meaning of a little difficulty was "I am still close to preventing it".

"So tell me honestly, which result would you like to get more than winning the game or beating Westbrook in statistics?" Stockton asked Roy this question before the game, and the repetition of the old story was clearly a reference to the question he had asked Roy before the game about "how do you plan to respond to Westbrook".

In fact, at that time, Stockton wanted to remind Roy that playing alone with Westbrook is not good for the team's winning plans, and what is needed to beat Westbrook and the Thunder is the strength of the whole team. However, at that time, he felt that the young and vigorous Roy should not follow his advice to avoid Wei Shao's challenge, and now that he saw that Roy took the initiative to change his style of play and start organizing the attack, he felt that the time had come to raise this issue again.

"Needless to say, I want to win, and of course, it would be perfect if I could beat Westbrook by the way."

"Very well, then let's talk about how to win and beat Westbrook by the way."