Chapter 419: Surprise
After winning the first game, the veteran players of the Trail Blazers have no sense of excitement, after all, they have already won the championship, and they have to hold on to the point, otherwise they feel particularly cheap. The new players www.biquge.info this season were a little excited and screaming, and in their opinion, the first game was so easy that it was off to a good start.
However, McMillan did not take it lightly, the Thunder is not so easy to dismiss, compared to previous seasons, they have undoubtedly made greater progress, and they can win the first game more honestly because Ye Feng restricted Durant, and Hickson on the bench broke out in the small universe, otherwise it is really hard to imagine who will die.
Brooks is a young head coach, but he has to admit that he has a good hand at coaching young players, and the Thunder have become the league's premier youth guard, which is inseparable from his guidance. In order to win the series, Brooks is going to surprise in Game 2. This is not to underestimate him, after all, the strength of the Trailblazers is there, and if there are surprise soldiers, they may not have a chance to use it this season.
As an opponent, McMillan naturally won't guess who Brooks' surprise soldier is, no matter how the winner of the first game is the Trailblazers, he just needs to respond to all changes with the same, how to adjust or see the effect of the game first, and the on-the-spot command McMillan may not be afraid of the other party.
However, after the second game began, McMillan was stunned, Brooks did not play according to the card! Is it really good to bring new people like this? And the one who was promoted is no longer considered a newcomer, is he? Is this a prelude to the formation of the Thunder Four?
Ye Feng, who was on the field, also stayed for a while, as the tactical core of the pioneers, his vision must be full-field, and he could find out what kind of adjustments the other party made for the first time, which was also the training program that Ye Ning had formulated for him since he was very young. But Ye Feng didn't believe his eyes for the first time today, and he only came to his senses after being scored two goals in a row by the Thunder, but he still looked incredulous.
Long before the start of the series, Ye Feng knew the head coach's plan, if he could, pinch the three less, let go of the others, and if he couldn't do it, he would pinch Durant and Harden and let Westbrook go. It's a bit arrogant to say that, but it's a lot of the time you have to be targeted on the basketball court, especially on the defensive end, and when you're still facing a multi-core team. McMillan's choice is not a problem, even if he chooses to release Westbrook, it is after careful consideration.
But Brooks just did the opposite, slapping you in the face with the players you ignored!
That's right, this time his main point of attack is Ibaka. In fact, it's not all right to say that the main point of attack is not all right, and the Thunder still have to attack with the ball when they are on the court, but as long as Ibaka has the opportunity, they will pass the ball out very selflessly, even Westbrook.
If someone said before the game that the Thunder would be the main player of Ibaka, then nine times out of ten they would be scolded as brain-dead, no matter how they say that the Thunder also have three young talents, and Durant is the league's leading killer, how can it be that a main attack point can't be selected?
In fact, Brooks is not unable to pick out a main point of attack from the Thunder's three young men, he just thinks that Harden and Durant were locked in the first game, who knows if the Trail Blazers will have the same hand in the second game? Westbrook needed to play more offense, and it wasn't appropriate for him to play the main offense, and it just happened to fall into the trap of the Trail Blazers. Then it's better to just change it, Ibaka is already the best player in the Thunder team except for the three less.
In fact, Ibaka is still very strong, in 2006 at the age of 17, he led the Republic of Congo to the African Youth Basketball Championship and won the MVP himself. He went on to play in the French and Spanish leagues, where he became a Spanish citizen and was selected for the Under-20 team. Although he has not played any outstanding performance after joining the NBA, insiders think that he is a piece of jade.
What's even more pleasing to the pros is that Ibaka's characteristics are distinctive, and they are quite rare in the league. He has a beautiful mid-range shot that can even reach beyond the three-point line, but he's also a blocker on the defensive end, and the Thunder are interested in making him an interior barrier. Such a player who plays on the outside and stands under the basket on defense is rare in the NBA, and Brooks originally wanted to continue to grind him, but now he has to push him to the front of the stage.
Aldridge is in trouble again, defense is not his strong point, and he encounters an Ibaka who is used by the Thunder as the main point of attack, and he always likes to float outside to shoot, and he doesn't know whether he is better to go out or close under the basket for a while.
This is also Brooks's small abacus, with Westbrook and Durant's ability to attack the basket, Camby basically can't carry it alone, and many times Aldridge has to help defend on the inside. If he pulls up to the top for Ibaka, the Trail Blazers' interior line will be empty, and the Thunder will be a dozen.
McMillan is also very difficult, thinking about it, he still let Aldridge shrink inside and protect the basket with Camby, and the defense of Ibaka can only look at the speed of the rotation of the outside players, if it really doesn't work, you can also let it go, he still has a bit of luck in his heart, thinking that Ibaka cannot dominate the whole game.
But soon his face was gloomy as if it was going to rain, and Ibaka's hand in this game was too hot, basically how to shoot and score. The Trail Blazers didn't dare to let Durant and Westbrook go to defend Ibaka, so they could only let the big black man show off his shooting from mid-to-long distance. Fortunately, he has been working hard in Europe for a long time, otherwise with the traditional African interior style, he can protect the frame, and don't expect to shoot or anything.
There is no doubt that the Trail Blazers were finally defeated by Ibaka alone, although the point difference was not large, but Ibaka's performance was explosive, he cut 32 points and 17 rebounds in the game, plus 4 blocks, which is completely the league's top interior performance. And half of the 4 caps were given to Ye Feng, which many people didn't expect. You must know that Ye Feng's shooting rate under the basket is frighteningly high, and it is not easy for Ibaka to give him a hot pot while taking care of scoring and rebounding.
The Thunder relied on Ibaka's performance to pull back a game 108-100, which also made the Trail Blazers wary. The players who were happy after the first game couldn't hold their heads up, and they realized that they were happy too soon.