Chapter 225: The First Battle of Thunder (2)
Durant holds the ball, facing Wallace, Wallace, who is 2.01 meters tall, looks a lot lower when standing in front of Durant, Durant's official height is 2.06 meters, but everyone knows that it is coaxing, needless to say anything else, just look at who is taller with 2.09 meters of Ibaka and Durant? It looks like Durant is a little taller than Ibaka, but this guy was afraid of being placed on the inside, so he lied about his height.
Durant's talent is very good, not only does he have an innate height advantage, but he also has excellent shooting skills, which makes it very difficult for other small forwards to defend Durant.
Wallace also feels this way when defending Durant, this girl is like a gibbon, holding the ball and breaking through a line of defense at will, not to mention that his arms and the ball in his hands will pass the defenders of him as soon as possible.
When Durant faced Wallace, he first made a fake move that wanted to shoot in a hurry, and Wallace, who is experienced in this kind of action, was naturally unmoved.
Seeing that Wallace was not fooled, the center of gravity of his body did not move at all, but he raised one hand high, interfering with Durant's vision, Durant was not in a hurry, he took the basketball back, and then made a shooting action again.
Wallace hasn't moved yet, but Durant has a shot.
"Huh!" The basketball hollowed into the net, Durant smiled elegantly, and his wrist raised high like a swan.
Wallace was not discouraged when he saw the ball scored, he knew that it would be impossible to completely defend against these top stars in the league, and if he could, Wallace would be willing to let Durant shoot from the outside often, because it is difficult to shoot people by shooting alone.
The Hornets still implemented Monty's tactical concept, Wang Meng did not force Westbrook, and still hoisted the ball to Gasol, Gasol passed the ball to Oden, who dunked it violently.
The Thunder's interior linemen Serge Ibaka and Perkins looked very passive against the Hornets' twin towers.
Thunder's head coach Brooks also saw this, and he yelled off the court: "Execute Plan A!" Run for me and drag their inside line down! ”
Hearing Brooks's shout, Wang Meng almost laughed, "It's also a plan, you should be Jackie Chan acting in a movie." ”
However, it is true that if a team with a weak interior line wants to beat a team with a strong interior line, then the backcourt line must run, so that the opponent's interior line consumes a lot of energy in frequent back-and-forth runs, and often does not get the ball, which is the best way. Not only the Thunder, but also the Heat, who are also weak on the inside, often use this method, and the effect is very significant.
Westbrook immediately became excited when he heard this, because the main point of the Thunder's shot under this tactic is on him and Durant, maybe Harden will have to give him a little after he plays, but now there are only two of him and Durant, which means that Westbrook can take the opportunity to teach Wang Meng a good lesson.
In Westbrook's view, he is definitely stronger than Wang Meng, and some people may use Wang Meng's average of 20+10 per game and 60 points in the playoffs to compare Westbrook, which Westbrook scoffs at. That's right, Wang Meng can indeed get excellent data, but he is the core player of the Hornets, he has the right to shoot arbitrarily in the Hornets, and the entire Hornet's tactical system is designed for Wang Meng, so it is not surprising that he can have such data, in Westbrook's view, if he is placed in the same position as Wang Meng, he will definitely do a better job than Wang Meng.
It is unknown whether Westbrook can be as good as Wang Meng as the absolute core, but he has encountered a lot of trouble when he is facing Wang Meng now.
Wang Meng's defense was too tight, as soon as Westbrook controlled the ball over half the court, Wang Meng immediately pounced like a cat that tasted fish, and under Wang Meng's close defense all the time, Westbrook felt as if he was suffocated, and even dribbling was extremely difficult.
"This madman! Is he only going to play half time? Westbrook cursed inwardly. Okay, I'll let you do this for a while, wait I'm going to give you a good look! ”
According to Wang Meng's defensive intensity, he will not last long before he will be rested due to physical exhaustion, and then the Hornets will have no one to keep an eye on Westbrook.
Westbrook has a little ninety-nine in his heart, why didn't Wang Meng think carefully?
After entangled with Wang Meng for a long time, Westbrook handed the ball to Durant again, and at this time, Duran deliberately found that the person who defended him changed from Wallace to Tony Allen.
Tony Allen's height is only 1.93 meters, compared to Wallace, it looks more difficult to defend against Durant, but in fact, the strongest defensive player on the outside of the Hornets is Tony Allen, don't look at him only 1.93 meters, but his defensive ability is stronger than Wallace, especially in the face of a player like Durant, who is good at technology, he is even more handy in defense.
Durant raised the ball high with both hands, and Tony Allen couldn't reach the basketball at all, but it didn't matter, Allen's purpose was not on the basketball at all, and in the blind corner where the referee couldn't see, Allen's hand was straining against Durant's muscles.
"Hiss~~!" Durant grinned and glared at Allen, after playing in the NBA for so long, what has Durant never seen? Allen is not the only player who uses small means, but this girl is too painful, and Durant estimates that this time it will be a bruise at the lightest.
Durant knows that in this case, it is useless to complain, and the referee will not blow the penalty if he doesn't see it, so he has to distance himself from this guy as soon as possible, otherwise he will suffer.
Thinking of this, Durant hurriedly broke through with the ball, and at this time the height advantage was revealed, and Durant just took a step and easily passed Allen.
Allen, who was passed by Durant, chased after him, and at the same time gently tugged on Durant's collar in his hand to prevent him from accelerating and jumping easily.
Wallace immediately came up to make up for the defense, because of Allen's small actions behind Durant, Durant did not accelerate the success at the first time, after Wallace came up, Durant had no temper, and Durant may still be able to rely on physical fitness to bully Allen when facing Tony Allen, but in the face of the league's famous muscles, Durant's thin and thin body looked extremely weak in front of Wallace's full muscles.
Durant saw that he couldn't break through to the inside, and the opportunity to shoot was not particularly good at the moment, so he had no choice but to pass the ball out of the hands of Sefolosa, who was on the outside.