Chapter 280: Wei Shao in the Third Stage

How pitiful is Westbrook's three-point shot? This is probably known only to his teammates.

As an old teammate who has worked with Wei Shao for more than three years, Steven Adams is undoubtedly very vocal.

"Russell's [Westbrook] three-pointers are very accurate, and when they are not accurate, it can be a little bothersome."

Just a little bothersome? This is probably the biggest compliment Westbrook has ever received from this honest teammate. The truth of the matter is that Westbrook's three-point shot is not only pitted, but also pitted, very pitted, and last season he shot a measly 29.60% from three-point range and took 4.3 shots. After the departure of Durant, the team's number one star this season, Westbrook has completely let himself go, and so far this season, Westbrook's average three-point shots per game have surged to 5.4, while the shooting percentage has only increased by a slight 4 percentage points, still only 33.67%.

This number means that Wei Shao can only hit one three-point shot every three times under normal circumstances, and striking iron is almost the main theme of Wei Shao's outside shots. That's probably why Kobe Bryant has chosen this point guard with a peculiar style of play, ugly shooting, and completely out of touch with himself as his most suitable successor. Kobe Bryant's choice is right, this is the inheritance of the craftsmanship between two generations of blacksmiths.

Westbrook, who entered the third phase of the offense, was crazy, not only would he shoot wildly on the outside, but he would also spew trash talk like crazy, and at the moment he was a little unbearable for Roy, because Roy always grabbed his little tail that loved to hit iron.

After Westbrook hit two consecutive three-pointers in the second quarter, Roy's sonic offense struck again.

"Hey, iron, iron, iron, Russell (Westbrook), you're going to smash our basket."

"Shut your crow's mouth, and I'll score the next goal." (Another iron between words)

"Russell, there is an old saying in our China, and I will give it to you now: 'People are iron, rice is steel, and Wei Shao is busy with iron'."

"You XX rookie, there is a kind of hard mouth, do you dare to come and fight with me."

Westbrook's words were originally intended to lure Roy to play with him, but Roy still didn't fall for him, and he still remembered Coach Stockton's strategic policy of "avoiding reality and attacking the west".

Roy's composure and orderedness made Wei Shao even more mad.

Thanks to Wei Shao's nonsense, the overall defensive hardness of the Thunder team has decreased a lot, and now the Knicks' offense is much smoother.

The Thunder's defensive motivation is declining, but it's not to blame these hard-working blue-collar players, if you're on a team where the boss is a point guard but he doesn't like organization, and he has unlimited firing rights and will really fire infinitely, if he hits well, he may throw a few pots to brush up on your assist stats, if he doesn't play well, it must be a way to the black, and all you can do is defend, grab rebounds and get scolded.

If it were you, in such a cheating team, you must have been completely out of temper.

The biggest problem for the Thunder is this, as the team's boss and brain, Westbrook does not make his teammates better, on the contrary, he has a kind of magic that makes his teammates collectively degenerate into blue-collar players.

For example, Victor Oladipo, who was originally a potential rookie that the Orlando Magic team focused on cultivating, has gradually become an All-Star player last season with excellent breakthrough and ball-handling offense (averaging 16.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 3.9 assists in 33.1 minutes per game). As a result, the unfortunate Oladipo was traded to the Thunder this season, not only failed to get the ball, but also had to change his style of play to become a wing pitcher, complaining to someone with grievances.

Another example is the 2011 flower show Enes Kanter, when he first came to the Thunder, under the care of the boss Durant, he was able to contribute a double-double of 18.7 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, which is simply an All-Star inside embryo. But when he was on the rise, Durant suddenly left, and the team corrected Westbrook as the boss, and then Kante was tragic, because he didn't match Wei Shao's style of play and personality, he was banished to the bench last season, and his data plummeted (averaging 21.0 minutes per game, scoring 12.7 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 0.4 assists), and the self-confidence of the whole person was also greatly hit.

Finally, of course, there's a group of blue-collar players led by Adams, who were indeed blue-collar before coming to the Thunder, but at that time they were a group of quality and proud blue-collar players. But when they came to the Thunder team, they became a group of hard-working blue-collar workers, a group of low-level blue-collar workers who can really only do dirty work and hard work, and a group of unlucky blue-collar workers who can only do cattle and horses for Wei Shao and block guns.

So, don't always say that Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are bad teammates (referring to their teammates' personal data will drop significantly), as their teammates, although the same data will decline, and they are very aggrieved, but at least they have a championship to win, at least they don't have to carry some inexplicable black pots. But as Wei Shao's teammate, it was really a bit of a feeling of wanting to cry without tears. It's no wonder that there was a joke back then that said, "Neither Curry nor James can guard against Durant, only Wei Shao can do it."

In the face of the demoralized Thunder team, Roy's organizational tandem work was carried out more handily, he first helped "Half-Orc" Farid complete the second air relay, let Adams touch the nose dust, and then used the blocking tactics to help Porzingis form a missmatch, and completely destroyed the diminutive Oladipo.

On the other side, seeing Westbrook's non-stop iron, the difference between the two teams was constantly being widened, and Thunder head coach Billy Donovan had to call a timeout, he wanted to make Westbrook calm and calm.

"Russell (Westbrook), it's a bit unwise for you to shoot a three-pointer at Roy, who is taller than you and has a better arm span, and we're going to lose if we keep playing like this, understand? You have to be a good playmaker, you have to pass the ball, you have to be selfless, you have to be ......"

After listening to Donovan's nagging arrangement, Wei Shao looked at the young head coach with serious eyes.

You're saying I'm not smart when I play, right? You mean I don't pass the ball, do you? Okay, I'll pass it on to you now.

Westbrook is angry, he's such a wayward player, if you say he can't do anything, then he's going to have to fight you to the end.

Donovan's criticism undoubtedly hit Wei Shao's fragile and middle two psychology.

Wei Shao started to pass the ball, it's incredible, Wei Shao not only started to pass the ball, but he also didn't take the usual path, picking out those extremely difficult and coquettish ball passes.

In the first ball, he made a big crossing and hung it directly to Adams on the inside line near the middle line, and Adams, who received the basketball, looked confused, what was Wei Shao's intention to pass to himself from such a far position? It's not a fast break, and it's not a position, is this asking me to shoot?

Before Adams could make up his mind, Westbrook's roar was heard immediately.

"Vote! Steven (Adams)! ”

Adams, who was instructed, had no choice, the boss let him shoot, he turned around and was a jump shot, and Noah, who had been waiting for a long time, was not polite, and directly smiled and accepted a block gift.

Seeing Adams being capped, Westbrook's anger suddenly came up, and he glared at Adams angrily, and his mouth kept chattering. Wei Shao's actions seemed to tell head coach Donovan, "Look, look, this is the pass you want, do you see if those CBA-level teammates can score?" ”

The frustrated Westbrook's second goal was a difficult cross-pass, and the ball grazed Roy's finger and gave it to Oladipo in the bottom corner.

Oladipo, who received the ball, just wanted to cooperate with Andre Roberson who killed the inside, and Wei Shao's roar came from there, "Shoot, Victor (Oladipo), what are you hesitating about in the big vacancy!" ”

The boss spoke, Oladipomo dared to disobey, he took a shot in the bottom corner three-point area that he was not very good at, fortunately, this time the ball hit the basket a few times and went in.

Westbrook swiped an assist in a rage, and he was amused. Well, this goal is all due to my passing, Oladipo you can score goals because of Lao Tzu's pass, understand? Don't come and give me a high-five.

This is Wei Shao's passing, sometimes it is so pitty that it makes people scratch their scalps, and sometimes it is full of aura, at least compared to his own headless and brainless waves, such a passing by feeling is relatively reliable.

Relying on Wei Shao alone to lead a group of people on the court, the Thunder team scored 54 points in the first half, and "only" trailed by 8 points at 54:62 on the court. Or in other words, the whole league is probably only a team like the Thunder that acquiesces to Wei Shao's "blind chicken X play", can play his maximum potential, the Thunder cannot do without Westbrook, and Westbrook cannot do without the Thunder, this is an interesting two-way choice......