Chapter Eighty-Four: Infinite Rotation
Horn's appearance made the Thunder's interior very uncomfortable. At this time, Brooks immediately called a timeout, and when he called a timeout, Brooks did not hesitate to replace it with Jeff Green.
As soon as Dan Schulman saw Brooks replaced with Jeff Green, he immediately understood, saying: "The Thunder replaced Jeff Green probably because they watched the game against the Mavericks, and Marion did have a certain limit on Horn in that game. Horn's characteristic, and only such a non-trivial player can have a chance to defend. ”
Joan Barry also said at this time: "There is another advantage to the Thunder changing this lineup, so that the Thunder's lineup becomes Westbrook, Seflosha, Durant, Jeff Green, and Ibaka are five tall and fast players. With such a lineup, the Thunder can play unlimited rotation! And the Hornets just don't have the deterrent power of the low post, and this defensive change of the Thunder is also very exciting! ”
Brooks fine-tuned on the offensive end and well-laid out on the defensive end.
After the timeout, the Thunder's ball Jeff Green suddenly pulled Horn near the three-point range, so that Horn had no chance to go up to help Paul help defend Westbrook, and the space was widened, and Horn couldn't catch up no matter how fast he was.
Westbrook came up at this time and directly forced Paul to shoot, although Westbrook's shot was missed. But the Thunder's lineup at this time has height and speed, and Seflosha rushed in to bully Collison to grab the rebound.
Sefolosha, who grabbed the rebound, turned around and passed the ball to Durant, who came up with the ball and forced Ariza to make a foul.
After the Thunder replaced Jeff Green, they were really high and fast, and the Thunder were already playing very hard. Wasps suffer greatly from this intensity.
suffered a loss on the defensive end, and on the offensive end, the Hornets originally wanted to get the score back, but at this time, the Thunder really did what Joan Barry said, the whole team rotated defense infinitely, infinitely targeted packing, and the Thunder came up to play physical basketball.
Horn got the ball and immediately Durant and Green were sandwiched, and Horn made a direct shot under the strong defense of the two people, but the shot missed.
It's really hard to shoot from two players who are tall, fast and defensive.
Horn missed, and the Thunder immediately grabbed the backcourt rebound and quickly advanced up, at this time the Thunder was fast and very mobile.
Westbrook ran over and immediately gave the ball to Green, who was in the open space, and Green took the ball directly through Horn, came up and forced two steps, and then turned back and passed the ball to Westbrook, who was following behind.
Westbrook received the ball and forced a jumper directly, and Paul suffered in height and let Westbrook shoot again.
The Thunder played hardness and physical fitness at this time, he rotated infinitely, and there was nothing to say about the Hornets who played.
Thunder plays like this, which is the most stable way to fight their own hard power, so that they can play their physical talent perfectly. The Thunder are definitely superior to the Hornets in terms of physical talent on the team, and the current situation is also completely dominated by the Thunder.
The Hornets played again, Horne's side played against Green was an advantage, and Paulo Roma passed the ball to Horne.
Horn's side just started to attack again, Durant came again, and this round Horn did not play strongly, but quickly transferred out.
Horn was right, but his passing was not top-notch, and the ball could only reach Collison, who was closer to him.
Collison was a little slower to get the ball, and the Thunder's rotation hula arrived, and the Thunder's infinite rotation defense was indeed fast. Horn couldn't accurately pass the ball to the most appropriate person, but he couldn't send it into an offense with the right idea, and finally the ball was passed to Paul, who held the ball and singled Westbrook, Paul's side continued to shake at the free throw line and finally scored 2 points.
The Hornets are now scoring extremely difficult, they only scored 2 points on their side, the Thunder came over and continued to fight with you for hardness, and you for physical strength, rushing inside, and finally Sefolosha bullied Collison again for being short and came up to score 2 points.
The Thunder's scoring is very stable, and it is infinite rotation on the defensive end, in front of so many tall and fast players of the Thunder, it is extremely difficult for the Hornets to score, Horne is targeted, Paul has to deal with Westbrook, West has to fight against Ibaka, who is much taller than himself, and the Hornets are suddenly stuck in the quagmire.
At the end of the first quarter, the Thunder led the Hornets by 9 points at 30:21, and the difference was only 9 points, but the process of the game was the Thunder's madness against the Hornets.
This is determined by the hard power of the two teams, and it is also the reason for the lack of adaptation on the Hornets side, unlike Brooks's subtle adjustments, Ball's side lacks the ability to adjust, he was originally a general manager not a head coach, and he did not do a good job in the position of head coach.
Horn was also very hot by the Thunder's infinite rotation, and the strong play must be inefficient, and as long as a pass is not an excellent opportunity, it is useless.
In this case, Joan Barry also said: "We also predicted that the Hornets would have a 4 percent win rate, but now the Hornets don't even have 3 percent!" ”
The Hornets played so disappointingly, and the Hornets fans were also extremely unhappy and in a depressed state.
When the teams returned to the court in the second quarter, Horn began to change his strategy, relying more on both of them since he learned to shoot and break with the ball. Now he has to do more, the more mobile the Thunder runs, and he has to run more than the Thunder.
That's the only conclusion Horne has reached, and the second quarter starts with the Hornets' ball, at which point Horne starts to run like a shooter, from side to side, and then constantly looks for opportunities to cut to the basket.
Horn is running so wildly, and Jeff Green is also difficult to adapt to as a non-regular forward, and Jeff Green is a step slower.
When Thorton broke through, Horn followed up, Thorton flew into the air and suddenly passed the ball to Horn, who took the ball and followed up with a layup to score 2 points.
Horn came back in the second quarter and changed his style and immediately paid off, and Brooks jumped up at this point to let Green follow Horn. Horn is definitely a core player on the bench, and there's no way Brooks can let Horn play casually.
The Thunder is also a substitute lineup at this time, but don't look at the Thunder is a substitute lineup, the personnel are still amazing.
Point guard Swinston, scoring guard Harden, small forward Green, power forward Collisson, center Kostic, this lineup is still tall and fast.
Compared with the Thunder, the Hornets' own bench, Thorton, Belinelli, Peja, Horne, and Aaron are one layer weaker.
Although the Thunder did not have Durant and Westbrook at this time, Harden came up, and Harden was known as the dark manu in the draft. The style of play is indeed very similar to Ginobili, a European step over Belinelli, Horn only defended on his side, and Harden put his arm on Horn during the break, and then he threw the ball himself, so easily deceived a foul.
Horn was tricked into a foul and could only watch speechlessly as Harden went to the free throw.