Faced with the defeat in the second game, McMillan did not lash out and took all the blame on himself. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Of course, he also took all the firepower of the reporters in the post-match press conference, in order to create a good game environment for his players.

Aldridge was ashamed, after all, Serge Ibaka was the player he defended against, and the opponent's outburst meant his own incompetence. Before he could open his mouth to apologize, McMillan comforted him in turn and said: "Ibaka's outburst is something none of us expected, don't take it too seriously, it's useless to be annoyed, the game is over, as long as you restrain him in the next game, it's no problem." He smiled slightly: "Besides, this is only the second one, isn't it?" ”

Brooks tasted the sweetness, originally he only hoped that Ibaka could contain the Trail Blazers' defense and create opportunities for his teammates, but he didn't expect this guy to be so fierce and kill the Trail Blazers' starting lineup alone. Therefore, he plans to continue to use this tactic in the next game, hoping to defeat his opponent in one fell swoop and advance to the Western Conference finals.

Durant and Westbrook have no objections to the head coach's decision, let alone Harden. However, this is also because Ibaka is very popular in the team, and if he is replaced by another player with poor popularity, his teammates will not say anything on the surface, but will always scold more or less secretly, and there are also people who do not contribute to work. When it comes to the game, whether you can play well tactics is a big question, let alone play coordination, and it is good not to hold back.

Before the start of the third game, McMillan told Aldridge that as long as Ibakara's high position, he must follow him to the high position, and he will not be left to worry about the basket. While Camby struggled to do it alone, McMillan was ready to give Oden and Purzbila more playing time, especially Oden, who was very efficient in his limited playing time and didn't look like his bounce was much less than enough to protect the basket.

Perhaps it was the exceptional performance of the second game that gave Ibaka a burst of confidence, as he kept reaching out to his teammates for the ball at the beginning of the game, and instead of falling in the low post, he leaned on Aldridge near the three-point line to signal his teammates to pass the ball.

Because Brooks deliberately told him before the game, the rest of the Thunder players also gave the ball to Ibaka to let him hold the ball and play alone. However, as a big man, Ibaka's ball-handling breakthrough is really average, and when Aldridge covers him, he can't use it and can only pass the ball back to his teammates.

There is no doubt that this guy has a bit of a surplus of self-confidence, and he didn't think that the reason why he was able to get 30+ in the last game was largely because his teammates pulled out the space and then passed the ball to him to shoot directly, which means that Ibaka is a pitcher with a lot of help, but not a ball handler.

If you want him to play with the ball in the low post and play with his back or in the face frame, he still has some certainty, and it is not his job to break through with the ball in the high post.

However, it is unlikely that he will want to regain the ball and shoot in this game, because Aldridge is determined to lock him down. Even though he never thought of him as a big man on defense since joining the NBA, the guilt of the head coach made him give up everything and just hope to kill Ibaka.

After being blocked by Aldridge, Ibaka's shooting percentage began to drop, and his teammates are not stupid and will not keep passing you the ball when they see that you don't have a high shooting percentage. So Ibaka can only frequently make a wall for his teammates in the high post, and directly attack the basket after blocking and dismantling.

This makes it easier for Aldridge to defend, in fact, he doesn't like to defend high posts very much, although his offensive range is very wide, but to say that he basically grits his teeth in defense, and it is much easier to defend against pick-and-roll than to defend outside shots.

Brooks looked a little ugly on the sidelines, and it seemed that this game was not as lucky as the last one. Although it was back at home, but everyone's hand was not very good, originally he still thought that Ibaka could continue the courage of the last game, but under Aldridge's desperate close defense, Ibaka has re-become the previous interior player who is only responsible for involving space and protecting the basket, instead of the big man who has both offense and defense in the last game.

In stark contrast to him, Oden was undoubtedly the one who played 27 minutes, the most of any game this season, and his performance certainly did not disappoint McMillan.

Thinking that Oden was also the one who single-handedly beat Horford + Noah in the NCAA finals, even if the team did not win the championship in the end, he was also considered a rare talented center, but injuries became the biggest enemy of his career. Many thought the Trail Blazers were repeating the same 1984 terror (they picked Bowe with the second pick and Jordan with the third), but now that Oden has recovered from injury, he is finally starting to show his prowess on the inside.

I have to say that Oden's physical talent is indeed blessed, when he comes on the court, the Trail Blazers' basket is like a barrier, even a point guard like Westbrook who has explosive physical fitness has been blocked by him, and Durant's layup has also been interfered with by him.

In the back, the Thunder players had to float outside to shoot, after all, Oden had made the basket a no-fly zone, and they couldn't get any bargain for hitting the inside, so it was better to try their hand outside, maybe they could also use the shot to break the opponent.

It's a pity that the Trail Blazers' defense in this game is in place, and the Thunder's main lineup has no chance to score at all, and the shooting percentage is a bit overwhelming. If it weren't for Harden's contribution when he came off the bench, maybe their total points in this game would have been lower. But even with Harden's 28 points, the Thunder scored only 82 points in total, which is a shame for a team like them.

In fact, the reason is very simple, the Trail Blazers contributed 8 steals and 6 blocks in the whole game, and suppressed the Thunder's shooting rate at 37.6%, and the three-point shooting rate was even only 32.1%, which is very obvious compared with the Thunder's regular season statistics. In this game, the Trail Blazers completely focused on the defensive end, which suppressed the Thunder's offense, and winning was a matter of course.

Although Ye Feng played a quasi-triple-double of 25 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists, and Aldridge also contributed 21 points and 8 rebounds, the key to the Trail Blazers' victory was Oden, with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks speaking for themselves.