Chapter 321: Impostor
"I really didn't expect this game to play like this, before the game, people were worried that the Spurs would lose to the Thunder, at most they guessed that the Spurs and the Thunder played a stalemate, but I didn't expect the Spurs to play so easily in the first half, and they led by 15 points. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Yes, the Spurs were almost all playing against the Thunder in the first half, and if it weren't for Derrick Fisher's two consecutive three-pointers, the Spurs' lead would have been more than 15 points at this point. ”
"So Li Yang played well in this game, look at the first two games, the Spurs were embarrassed by the Thunder, but in this game Li Yang was immediately different after making a cameo appearance, not only a quasi-triple-double in the half-game, but also helped the Spurs lead to 20 points. ”
"Popovich's tactical arrangement is also good, Li Yang made so many assists in the first quarter, and the Thunder naturally focused on Li Yang in the second quarter, who knew that the Spurs would change their tactics. ”......
The game has entered the half-time break, and in China, Li Yang's fans are still excitedly discussing the past first half of the game.
The process of this game really made Spurs fans very excited, and throughout the first half, the Spurs led the Thunder, and many times the lead reached double digits, which can be said to completely suppress the Thunder.
And Li Yang's performance is also very good, Li Yang has scored 12 points, 12 assists and 7 rebounds in the half of the game.
This is also the reason why Spurs fans feel that the Spurs played a very good game, after Li Yang got 10 assists in the first quarter of the game, Li Yang did not return to the court until about five minutes in the second quarter of the game, however, the Spurs did not change the style of play in the first quarter because Li Yang returned to the court.
In the first quarter of the game, the Spurs' style of play was to make full use of Li Yang's containment and the good feel of the players, as long as Li Yang passed the ball, the players would shoot as soon as possible, so Li Yang was able to get 10 assists in 11 minutes on the court.
However, after Li Yang went off the court, the Spurs played back to the team basketball they were most familiar with before, constantly breaking points, passing the ball, and creating opportunities for open shots, so that although Li Yang was not on the court, the substitutes with Ginobili and Dior were still able to maintain the lead.
Until the middle of the second quarter, the Spurs reused the starting lineup, but the Spurs' tactics did not change, after the second quarter of the game, Li Yang reduced the ball, Duncan and Dio increased the strategy of holding the ball, so in this quarter, Li Yang's assists were significantly reduced, only 2, but his offensive firepower was better released.
In this quarter of the game, Li Yang scored 8 points, got a double-double in the half, and also grabbed 7 rebounds, only 3 rebounds to get a triple-double.
Under the change of the Spurs' style of play, the Thunder's defense obviously did not adapt to it, and they still defended Li Yang's passes more after Li Yang returned to the court, especially the first receiver who defended him.
The result is that not only Li Yang got the opportunity to attack, but also through the transfer of the ball, other players of the Spurs also got a lot of offensive opportunities, plus the Spurs players in this game felt really good, which made the Spurs score 68 points in half a game.
At 68:53, at the end of the first half, the Spurs led the Thunder by 15 points, and this was the result of the Thunder's Fisher forcing two three-pointers before the end of the first half, otherwise, the difference might really widen to more than 20 points.
So after the second quarter of the game, the atmosphere was completely different from before the game started, and the Thunder fans were dumbfounded at this time, because the game was completely different from what they expected.
Before the game, they speculated that the Spurs' offense would continue to be chaotic, but in the first half, the Spurs had 21 assists, and they thought Li Yang's cameo point guard was a joke, but Li Yang scored 12 assists in the half, and the Thunder team only had 12 assists in the first half.
So after half-time, the Thunder fans were completely less arrogant at the beginning of the game, and they no longer thought that the team could easily win this game and then eliminate the Spurs to enter the Finals, after all, they were 15 points behind at this time.
The same feeling as Thunder fans is the Thunder players, the first half of the game Thunder played much worse than the first two games, although they also scored 53 points, but more because Durant had a very good hand in this game, Durant has scored 20 points in the first half.
It can be said that because of the Spurs' change of formation, because of the Spurs' major adjustments at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, the Thunder was not in rhythm and state at all in the first half of the game, especially Westbrook was most affected by the adjustment, Westbrook only had 4 points and 3 assists in the first half, and the shooting percentage was even worse, only 1 of 8 shots.
So at this time in the home team's locker room, Durant frowned expressionlessly, Westbrook frowned, and the atmosphere was very dull.
"Alright, boys, cheer up. The change on the other side did surprise us, but it wasn't fatal, and they couldn't change the fact that they were missing a core player who averaged more than 16 points per game and more than 6 assists per game. ”
After discussing with the assistant coach, the Thunder practiced at home and Brooks shouted loudly, to be honest, the Spurs in the first half of the game was really quite unexpected, and he didn't expect Li Yang to be able to do such a good job in organizing the offense, but at this time, he must inject confidence into his team.
"We need to regain the defense of the first two games and not let the guys on the opposite side attack the basket so easily, so in the second half, our strategy was to shrink the defense and not let the guy on the opposite side of the ball rush into the basket, especially with their big guys. ”
"When that guy gets the ball to the perimeter, we need to rely on rotation defense to interfere with their shots in the first place, and those guys can't do that the whole game. ”
Speaking of this, Brooks turned his gaze to Aaron Seflosa: "Aaron, you started in place of Reggie in the second half, and your task is to keep an eye on the opponent's No. 19 guy. ”
After saying that, Brooks looked at Westbrook again: "Russell, after the pressure is reduced on the defensive end, we need you to contribute more on the offensive end. ”
Westbrook nodded his head again and again after hearing this, asking him to play against Li Yang on the defensive end is indeed a very uncomfortable thing for him, hearing that the coach replaced Sefrosa on the court to defend Li Yang to reduce his pressure, Westbrook immediately nodded excitedly and said: "Of course, coach, I will use my actions to tell that guy that I am the real point guard, and he is just an impostor!" (To be continued.) )