The Thunder players entered the locker room with a composed-looking face. Originally, although the Rockets had some strength in their opinion, they were far less difficult than the Spurs. didn't expect it to be like this today, they couldn't defeat the Rockets' inner twin towers at all, and these twin towers alone almost left them without any choice.

Seeing that Coach Brooks didn't speak, he just held his chin with one hand and seemed to be thinking something, and they didn't dare to talk about any tactics casually, so they could only try to encourage the Thunder players.

But in such a situation now, how can they cheer up the Thunder players with two or three sentences?

At this point, Coach Brooks spoke: "At the moment, it seems that we can only start with defense. For the Rockets' offense, we can play tight defensively, and for their offense, we have to play close. Especially for the ball carrier, you should constantly use your body and hands to interfere with their dribbling, but be careful not to actually pull the ball to avoid losing position. With our huge distractions, they are likely to make mistakes, and when they do, we take the opportunity to counter-attack. They have twin towers, they are far inferior to us and simply cannot stop us. ”

"It's a quick attack, if they retreat in time, how are we going to take a position?" Durant thought for a moment and asked.

"It's very simple when you play the position, since we can't break through the inside, we shoot from the outside. Others struggled to cover for Durant and get Durant to shoot. We have to believe in his ability to score. Once he shoots, the Rockets have to take the pack, and that's when our chance comes. ”

When the Thunder players heard the coach's words, they raised their heads one after another, and their gloomy faces gradually became happy, the coach's arrangement is very suitable, as long as they play like this, they believe that they will be able to curb the momentum of the Rockets.

And the Rockets players are still immersed in the joy of chasing points just now, they have killed the Thunder Ershao, and their offense has played so well, what else is there to say?

But Wen Hao was thinking. He knew that the Thunder would definitely find a way to curb the Rockets' momentum, but he didn't know what method the Thunder would use to curb it. After all, he is also a human being, not a god, and especially not a god.

But his feelings told him that by the third quarter, Durant was likely to explode. And once Durant breaks out, it can't be prevented at all. So he suggested to the coach: "We should find a way to kill Durant before he opens up, so that it is difficult for him to get the ball, and even if he gets the ball, it is difficult to shoot, and even if he shoots, it is difficult to shoot." ”

Regarding Wen Hao's proposal, McHale thought about it and said to Parsons: "In the third quarter, you will defend Durant, you can save some effort on offense and use all your strength on defense." ”

Wen Hao listened to McHale's arrangement and sighed secretly in his heart. Parsons alone can't prevent Durant at all. McHale also knew this, but didn't do anything else, maybe he thought that even if Durant broke out alone, it didn't matter, as long as he prevented everyone else from dying. Could it be that Durant alone can still kill the entire Rockets team?

However, Wen Hao didn't want to say anything at this time, after all, these were just his own guesses. Besides, you can't always go against the coach every time, so what's the use of coaching in that case? If you think too much about tactics and other issues, it will interfere with your thinking on the field. Players and coaches think very differently, and if you confuse the two, it's a big problem.

For the players, it's the break. It's always short-lived.

Soon the third quarter began. The first shot was attacked by the Thunder, and Wei Shao dribbled past half court and went directly to Durant.

Durant didn't hesitate to shoot the ball as soon as he caught it. Although Parsons was told by the coach just now, he is also guarding against Durant. But Durant is tall and has long arms, and Parsons can't block it at all. Three points and one arrow through the heart.

Seeing this, Wen Hao sighed in his heart. He knew that if Durant played a touch, it would be a terrible thing.

The Rockets continued to attack, and after Wen Hao dribbled past half court, he didn't hand it to the inside. Da Yao and Warcraft were both defended by the other party, and the four big men stood on the inside line, and there was no room to pass the ball at all, so Wen Hao handed the ball to Harden, hoping that Harden could bring opportunities with his breakthrough.

But as soon as Harden got the ball, Seflosha stuck to it, and kept waving it with both hands underneath it, interfering with Harden's dribbling.

Seflosha's arms are extremely long, and it is difficult for Harden to dribble smoothly when he interferes, and he tries left and right several times, but he can't break through at all. When he wanted to pass it out, he saw that the rest of the Rockets were stared at, and Harden had to force a breakthrough by himself.

But such a forced breakthrough hit Sefolosha, and the center of gravity flickered, and the ball lost control. Wei Shao, who was next to him, suddenly jumped out at this time, picked up the ball and ran to the front court.

Wei Shao's speed, that's not blowing, looking at the players in the field, none of them can catch up. I could only watch him watch as he made another gorgeous aerial tomahawk-style split.

Wei Shao landed on the ground, roared on his back, and finally half of the stuffy breath in his chest. By this time, the Rockets had fallen behind by 7 points again.

The Thunder were jubilant at home, and within a minute of the third quarter, they went from leading by two points to leading by seven points, and the tension of the Thunder's scoring was really exciting.

Turning around, the Rockets continued to attack, and this time it was Wen Hao who seized the opportunity to throw the ball to Da Yao, who singled Perkins and hit a hook after half turning.

Back in the day, the Thunder continued to attack, and they dribbled past halftime before handing it to Durant. This time, Parsons stuck to Durant and didn't give him the opportunity to dribble and shoot easily.

But Ibaka suddenly came up at this time to help Durant make a cover, Durant shook off Parsons, pulled up from outside the three-point line, and hit a three-point again.

"It's terrible, it's terrible, Durant is on, and now the Rockets are in danger." In the live broadcast room of the central station, Director Zhang said.

"McHale should call a timeout and see how he can defend Durant. If he really opens it, then the Rockets will be finished, his scoring ability is extremely terrifying, you must know that he is the scoring champion for several consecutive years. Yang Jian said.

But like many Rockets games, when everyone felt it was time to call a timeout, McHale stubbornly didn't call a timeout, and he wanted the players to adjust themselves.

At this time, the Rockets continued to attack, but under the Thunder's biting defense, Parsons' layup went out of the basket, and the Thunder took the ball and counterattacked. Although the Rockets retreated quickly this time, Durant did not attack the interior at all, but directly threw a chase three-pointer.

With this three-pointer, the Thunder finally extended the score advantage to 11 points.

McHale finally called a timeout at this point, and if he didn't call a timeout at this time, then Team Rocket would really be finished.

When Durant got off the court, he smashed his chest with his fist and collided with Wei Shao's chest, and his momentum was like a rainbow.

Team Rocket, for its part, began to fall silent. It was only two points behind, but it was stretched to 11 points in less than three minutes, which is really unacceptable.

McHale only remembered Wen Hao's suggestion at halftime at this time, and regretted that he did not strictly guard Durant in advance. So he set up the Rockets: Lay down a half-court tight defense against the Thunder and stick it up once they were halftime. If Durant has the ball on the three-point line, take the bag immediately!

Don't you know that he is playing into the hands of Coach Brooks in this way. Coach Brooks said to Durant: "Okay, you've managed to get the attention of the Rockets' defense, and the next thing you have to do is pass the ball to the open players when the Rockets are packed, and if they don't, you continue to use your firepower to crush them."

Back on the court, Durant really carried out the coach's intentions, and after returning to the court, he was surrounded by the Rockets after getting the ball, and he passed the ball to the empty Sefolosha as soon as possible. Seflosha made a shooting feint that allowed Harden to pounce, but he passed the ball to the vacant Wei Shao, who finally had a chance at this point, dribbling two steps, jumping high from the free throw line, and hitting a jumper.

On the next shot, Durant passed the ball to the interior at the moment when the bag came over, and Ibaka finally seized the opportunity to dunk a basket this time.

At this time, Rockets head coach McHale was in a hurry, and he finally realized that something was wrong. He hurriedly yelled at the Rockets players: "Wrap the clip, but don't wrap it too thoroughly, make sure to prevent him from passing the ball to the open space." ”

So the Rockets players didn't dare to wrap it too hard, just delayed Durant's dribble a little forward, and quickly retreated.

But who is Durant, how can he stop it with a delay? After being delayed by Harden, he actually followed Harden's footsteps and ran inside. But he didn't burst into the Twin Towers, but shot at the free-throw line. Another hit.

"It's horrible, Durant's scoring ability is horrible." Director Zhang said in amazement.

"It's hard, the scoring champion is not blown out. In the past, when he could kill the inside, he tried to score inside, but today he couldn't hit the inside, so he used a jump shot to solve the problem. The scary thing is that his jump shot percentage is just too high. ”

At this time, the Rockets had to call a timeout again, and McHale looked directly at Wen Hao when the Rockets players came off the court, with a hint of help in his eyes, how to defend Durant now, how to defend the Thunder team?

Wen Hao went down, but he acted as if he didn't see it. He tried his best to defend Wei Shao just now, and he didn't have time to think about how to crack the Thunder team's offense.

Seeing that Wen Hao didn't speak, McHale said, "Wen Hao, everyone knows that you have the most ideas, is there any way?" ”

Wen Hao smiled awkwardly and said, "Coach, I can't think of a way for the time being." ”

McHale shook his head helplessly, and had to say to the Rockets players: "Continue to wrap Durant, but this time we have to wrap it more thoroughly and resolutely." At the same time, you can't loosen your defense against Wei Shao, Beverley, your defense is very good, and then you go on, defend Wei Shao. ”

And Wen Hao next to him was not disappointed because Beverley replaced him, but was thinking about something.

In fact, he has another way, but he can't use it lightly unless it is absolutely necessary. (To be continued.) )