When Li Yang controlled the ball to the half, everyone at the scene seemed to be convinced that Li Yang was really the guest point guard, and the Thunder fans looked at the court with a mocking face. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Look at this guy, I have a hunch that he's going to mess things up, and that's exactly what I want to see. ”

Even if he couldn't hear what the fans and the commentators on the sidelines were saying at this time, Li Yang could still guess, because from the atmosphere of the scene, he felt strong doubts and schadenfreude.

If he was playing as the sixth man, Li Yang wouldn't mind rushing into the interior at this time to fight back with a few violent dunks, but as a starting point guard at this time, Li Yang knew that it would be more interesting to fight back with something else.

When Li Yang dribbled to the halfcourt, Danny Green and Leonard were already running fast, just like many previous games for the Spurs.

With the help of the cover of two interior players, Green shook off Reggie Jackson, who was not so good at defense, and appeared outside the three-point line, and the ball in Li Yang's hand was delivered to Green almost at the same time that Green just crossed the three-point line.

Without the slightest hesitation, Green had already jumped out when Jackson rushed over.

"Huh!" The next moment, the crisp sound of the basketball drilling net sounded.

Green's hand continued to be hot in the past few days, and the first three-pointer after the opening game hit steadily.

'It's not a big deal, it was the same for their first goal in the last game. ”

"It's just that the Spurs guard is running well, and it doesn't have much to do with the yellow-skinned guy. ”

After seeing Green's goal, the Thunder fans at the scene did not change their opinion of Li Yang.

The same is true of the TNT commentators in the commentary box, Green running and catching the ball, which is the Spurs' most common opening tactic, and in the last game, Joseph also did it.

What really made the people on the scene feel that Li Yang was different from the previous game was the Spurs' defense at this time, there was no doubt that the Spurs' strongest defensive lineup was on the court at this time, so when Westbrook controlled the ball to the halftime and tried to hit the interior like the previous two games, it was suddenly blocked.

Westbrook's physical fitness is indeed outstanding, people call him James in the No. 1 position, but Li Yang is not weak in the face of James in the No. 3 position, although Westbrook's impact ability is good, but in front of Li Yang, it is greatly reduced.

Westbrook forced a breakthrough and rushed to the basket, and Duncan and Split on the Spurs' side didn't even fully step forward to make up for the defense, just relying on Li Yang's follow-up interference, Westbrook's layup was affected and turned out of the basket.

Li Yang directly received the rebound on the inside, and then quickly advanced to the other side with the ball.

It's just that Li Yang didn't rush to break through or organize an attack after coming to the half, but suppressed the rhythm.

Popovich didn't want Li Yang to get his pace up once the game started, even though he knew it might lead to more offensive opportunities.

However, Popovich prefers that Li Yang can find the feeling of organizing the offense in the first few minutes of the opening game, rather than blindly disrupting the battle, after all, the Spurs cannot play a whole game. Popovich hopes that even if there are problems with Li Yang, those problems will be exposed at the beginning of the game to give the team time to adjust.

So according to Popovich's instructions, Li Yang at this time suppressed the rhythm, and then after Duncan came to the half, he and Duncan started to block and dismantle.

Duncan blocked, Li Yang directly entered the three-point line with the ball, and using his height advantage, Li Yang pressed Westbrook, who was already out of position, to move towards the basket.

Seeing this scene, Ibaka immediately shrank towards the inside, ready to make up for it at any time.

After taking Ibaka two steps away from Duncan, the ball in Li Yang's hand was quickly passed back to Duncan's hand. The advantage of height and arm span allows Li Yang to pass the ball very calmly against Westbrook's defense.

Li Yang passed calmly, Duncan received it calmly, and he shot even more calmly.

"Whew!" high jumper, two-point hit!

"Hey, Young has already provided two assists since the opening, which are the most common tactics for the Spurs. ”

Kenny Smith couldn't help but snort in surprise at this point, and just as the other TNT commentators were about to interject, Smith shouted again: "Young successfully defended, he forced Russell to make a mistake." ”

After Westbrook came to the halfcourt, he was originally going to pass the ball to the running Durant, but at the moment when he passed, Li Yang suddenly stretched out his arm, and Westbrook was surprised that the ball was slightly off.

Under normal circumstances, Durant naturally received the ball, but at this moment, Leonard was prepared, and suddenly grabbed a step and became entangled with Durant, and when Durant got out of the entanglement with Leonard, the ball had flown directly out of the bottom line.

Even Thunder fans can see something different at this time, and they can see that Westbrook has more pressure under Li Yang's defense than in the first two games.

"Watch your defense!

At this time, Thunder head coach Brooks also stood up directly from his seat, and he shouted loudly to the court, signaling that the Thunder players must give the Spurs players some defensive pressure and not let Li Yang easily pass the ball into the open space.

The Thunder's players did look a lot more serious at the moment, when Li Yang controlled the ball to the half, Westbrook bent down to stop Li Yang with a serious expression on his face, there was a provocation in his eyes, as if to say: "Boy, dare to break through?"

Westbrook came from a stunned young man, and now he often has stunned young performances, so he concluded that Li Yang, who was playing a point guard for the first time, would have a hard time staying calm in the face of such a stimulus, and if Li Yang would be stimulated to choose a single, this would undoubtedly be great news for the Thunder.

For the Thunder, the strength of the Spurs is not in how good the individual ability of the players is, but in the fact that the Spurs' team is too strong.

It's just that Westbrook obviously underestimated the calmness of Li Yang, who was a man of two lives, and Westbrook's move, Li Yang didn't even have a trace of fluctuation in his heart.

After Li Yang made a gesture, Duncan once again mentioned the high block. Westbrook didn't care about provoking Li Yang at the moment, and was busy bypassing Duncan's side, and Ibaka was also directly pulled to the high position at the moment to prepare to assist in defense, and he was even ready to attack.

Li Yang, who blocked with Duncan's dismantling, did not enter the three-point line at this time, and took a step towards the right side, and Li Yang's right hand, which was originally dribbling, suddenly flung the ball out and threw the ball out.

"Wonderful Biography!

Just when Westbrook and Ibaka on the court were wondering how Li Yang threw the ball out, Kenny Smith, a point guard, shouted directly on the commentary bench on the sidelines.

And the noise of the Thunder fans at the scene also weakened suddenly, and they sat on the sidelines, but they completely saw what was happening on the field.

Just when the Thunder were attracted by Li Yang and Duncan's blocking and distraction, Split suddenly shook off Perkins and cut to the basket, Li Yang seemed to have known for a long time, and at the same time as Split appeared under the basket, he threw the ball into the interior with one hand.

Although Perkins quickly reacted and followed into the basket to defend, he had no chance to defend at all.

"Bang!" Li Yang's pass was just right early, Perkins appeared on top of Split's head a little bit, and Split, who entered the basket, jumped up to take the pass and pressed it into the basket, and dunked in the air!

"Beautiful! Young was so beautiful with this pass that he seized the fleeting opportunity to complete a beautiful aerial relay with the team's center forward. ”

Kenny Smith finished admiring, and O'Neal was also surprised and shouted: "It's surprising, this kid can really make such a pass?"

A few people were really surprised, they were all people who had been on the court for many years, and they knew very well how difficult it was to get the ball inside from beyond the three-point line, and to get the timing and strength and direction so right.

If Li Yang's two passes before can be attributed to Spurs' tactics, then this time, with Li Yang's passing ability, it must not be simply attributed to tactics.

To complete this cooperation with Split, insight, passing awareness, and passing skills are indispensable.

At this time, the TNT commentators had realized that it did not seem so wise to question themselves and others before the game.

Brooks also realized that something was wrong, so he called a timeout at the moment, even though it was less than two minutes before the start of the game.

"Don't think about the guys on the other side who don't have a starting point guard, from now on, you have to realize that you're playing against a whole Spurs, defense, we need to defend, the team was too loose ...... just now"

When the Thunder players walked to the sidelines, Brooks immediately shouted, Li Yang's passing ability surprised him, but he was even more dissatisfied with the team's defense, which allowed Li Yang to find three empty spots so easily.

At the end of the day, Brooks still doesn't quite believe that Li Yang's playmaking ability can fully match Parker and others, and he believes that as long as his defense is in place and the Spurs don't let the Spurs have such a big vacancy, Li Yang will not be able to deliver assists like he did in the previous three rounds.

"Young, well done, those guys on the other side will definitely pay more attention to defense in the future, don't be too anxious, play more with Thiem, we need to be more patient to find offensive opportunities. ”

At this time, Popovich on the other side was encouraging Li Yang, Li Yang was very satisfied with the handling of the ball in the first three attacks, Li Yang did a good job, better than he imagined. (To be continued.) )