Chapter 63: Battle Supersonic

So far, Kevin Durant has averaged 20.6 points per game, the highest scoring average among the '07 rookies, and the only one to score more than 20 points per game.

It is said that he deserves to be the most watched newcomer to the class of 07 at present.

Judging from the number of reports, this is not the case, Li Wan, a newcomer, relies on being in Los Angeles and adding the attribute of "nerve knife", the number of reports is at least twice as high as his.

Kevin Durant is really upset, before Greg Oden was injured, he was second, Greg Oden is injured now, he is still second, isn't this Oden injured for nothing?

He is really tired of wearing the hat of "second child", and in this game, he will prove who is the "rookie who should be paid the most attention to in the class of 07"!

staring directly at Li Wan, he wanted to tell Li Wan that compared to scoring explosiveness, he Kevin Durant was not afraid.

But for this reason, how could Li Wan guess it, and shook his head speechlessly. - Unexpectedly, this child is a "fool" at a young age!

Kevin Durant noticed that Li Wan shook his head slightly, his expression changed greatly, his eyes were a little more resentful, his lips trembled slightly, and his hands couldn't help but clench into fists.

Does this guy think I can't do it?

Durant, who was even more angry, did not delay any longer, walked to the bench, unzipped his very conspicuous pink school bag, took out his arm guards from it, dressed neatly, and began to warm up.

"Angry flames" enveloped Kevin Durant, as soon as the game came up, he was one step inside the three-point line, catching the ball and shooting, when Kobe Bryant reached forward, he found that this guy's arm span was even longer than he thought.

The ball hits the frame.

2-0!

Kevin Durant came up and scored and kept his fists on the back, excited about how well he felt tonight. Now he is more confident that he will leave a deeper impression on the scoring than Li Wan.

It's just that his excitement in returning to defense is a little out of line in Kobe's opinion, a little too proud!

After wiping the collar of the jersey, Kobe Bryant switched to the "Black Mamba" mode.

The first game of the new season for the SuperSonics was against the Nuggets. Kevin Durant met the league's top scorer Carmelo Anthony in his NBA regular season career debut, and at the end of that game, Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 10-of-21 shooting, shooting 50% from the field!

On the other hand, Kevin Durant, the data at the end of the game was fixed at 18 points and 5 rebounds, which looked good, but only 7 of 22 shots, with a shooting rate of 31.8%.

At that time, after the game, Kevin Durant took the passenger plane back to Seattle, stepped on the stairs of the plane, and almost didn't step on it steadily, he was stunned!

He was thinking: Is the NBA like this every night?

This made him lose his confidence.

Fortunately, in the next few games, he realized that he only met the top players in the league in the first game.

But in the next few minutes of fighting with Kobe, he realized that he was wrong, and he was outrageously wrong!

Carmelo Anthony may be one of the best players in the league, but if you want to talk about the top, the bald man in front of him, who is wearing the Lakers' No. 24 and is stingy at first glance, gives him much more pressure than Carmelo Anthony.

Under Kobe's defense, he couldn't even make a normal shot.

And when he faced Kobe Bryant, who was holding the ball, he was shaken by him and couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all.

He was blown up, and it exploded completely.

P-J Callesimo on the sidelines wanted to take his glasses off.

Looking at it again, he felt like he was going to have a migraine.

Kevin Durant's strength has always been an issue, and he couldn't even complete a single bench press test in the joint tryout, which isn't that bad, but it's not rosy either.

In the new season, he made a bold attempt to put Kevin Durant in the second spot. With his mobility, he is not at all worried about not being able to defend against the outside line. But now it seems that even in the No. 2 position, Kevin Durant will still encounter a situation where his own power makes the opposition suppressed.

Especially when encountering a swingman like Kobe.

Kevin Durant is the SuperSonics' main attacker, averaging 20.6 points per game.

But that doesn't mean the Thunder don't have other scorers, with power forward Chris Wilcox averaging 13.4 points per game, small forward Jeff Green averaging 10.6 points per game and point guard Neil Watson averaging 10.8 points per game.

When Kevin Durant was locked up by Kobe, they also stepped up and responded to Kobe Bryant, who kept scoring.

With 7:15 left in the first quarter, the Lakers were only 3-point ahead.

"Let Li go up!"

Phil Jackson glanced at the score and time, asked Phil Handy to inform Lewan to replace Luke Wharton, and then asked Bryant to switch to the No. 3 position.

This is the Nuggets' change of formation in that game, from the perspective of the effect, it is not bad, except for Bynum, Li Wan's communication with the other main forces is very smooth.

He's going to fix the lineup.

Even he didn't notice that his use of Li Wan was gradually "fancy", from the second position to the first position, and then to the third position......

The idea of just wanting to give full play to his scoring explosiveness has also become an expectation for him in all aspects.

Li Wan stood on the sidelines waiting to play, and when Kevin Durant saw him come up, his originally dazed head instantly cleared up, and there was a little more anger in his eyes. He turned his head to look at P-J Callesimo on the sidelines and asked with his eyes to keep him on the field.

P-J Callesimo instinctively backed away, and since that choke he has avoided players who are in a state of euphoria, excitement or anger. Even if Kevin Durant is a good boy.

"Toot!"

Jeff Green's clever attack on the rim allowed Luke Wharton to pay for a foul.

Two free throws.

In the cheers of the scene, the first penalty was steadily delivered.

The buzzer sounded, and Li Wan came on the field. There was immediately a lot of boos at the scene.

"Is Lee already a player of this calibre?"

Mike Conley was sitting on the amber leather couch in front of the TV at the moment, waiting for Li Wan to avenge him, and when he saw the sideline boos caused by Li Wan's appearance, he rubbed his mouth and deliberately raised a "mouth-shaped" beard that would make him look at the mature "mouthpiece" beard, with envy in his eyes, and he always thought that it was a cool thing to cause boos on the sidelines.

It's just that now he has a sense of presence that is still a bit transparent in the NBA.

This guy must be over 2.11 meters.

Standing next to Kevin Durant, Li Wan is even more sure that this guy has the height of a center. Think about him with this height, and this kind of body coordination......

It's perverted!

Jeff Green hit the second free throw to close the deficit to one point.

The Lakers, on their side, still gave the ball to Kobe.

Jeff Green stood in front of Kobe, this is P-J Callesimo's adjustment, he has long wanted to change the lineup, but the Lakers' No. 3 position Luke Wharton's confrontation ability is not comparable to Kevin Durant, so the change of position is just for the Lakers to change someone to impact Kevin Durant.

Li Wan is different, he looks a little stronger than Kevin Durant, but there is no obvious difference. Durant against him, he shouldn't suffer too much in the confrontation.

Jeff Green was the No. 5 pick in the first round this year, and the Celtics drafted him to the SuperSonics in exchange for the league's top scorer Ray Allen.

As a junior who entered the draft, Jeff Green has a very good improvisation on both the defensive and offensive ends. It's just that in front of Kobe, his strength is still a little insufficient.

"Huh!"

Forward turn and backward jump shot, Kobe Bryant used this move to gradually become his signature shooting technique, and hit the ball firmly to the basket. Jeff Green has the ability to fight compared to Kevin Durant, but that doesn't translate into interference with Kobe.

"Come, come, come, let's fight back again!"

Earl Watson holds the ball across half court.

Kevin Durant's movement is positive, and the offensive desire is written on his face.

Li Wan followed behind him, recalling the results of yesterday's analysis in his mind.

The data shows that in Kevin Durant's six preseason games and five regular season games after entering the league, the shooting finishing rate is as high as 73.3%, in addition, 59.3% of the overall assisted power, and 64.8% of the assisted jump shot assisted power. This shows that Kevin Durant is a typical traditional No. 2 style of play, focusing on shooting and without the ball.

It would never be possible to fully display Kevin Durant's static and dynamic talent, but P.J. Callesimo did it, which at least shows two things: Kevin Durant is not good enough to deal with a forward player, and he lacks NBA-level ball-handling ability.

This conclusion was also confirmed in Kobe's defense of Kevin Durant just now.

It's a pity that Li Wan doesn't have Kobe's core strength, so he can't stick it very decisively like Kobe. He opted to grab two high posts, and whenever Kevin Durant came near those two positions, Lee Wan would interfere with the rest of the Thunder's pass by grabbing the position early.

This is another discovery he made when he studied Kevin Durant's footage and data.

Kevin Durant has played smart this season.

He knew that a single pitcher would definitely be limited by close defense, so he often made some mid-to-long-range jumpers.

In the manuals of most NBA head coaches, the long-distance two-point shot is the most inefficient and inconsistent way to score on the court.

But because Kevin Durant already has the ability to shoot from the NBA three-point line, the mid-to-long distance is not difficult for him. And after receiving the ball in this position, as long as the defender dares to defend it, he will immediately use the big stride brought by his excellent static talent, pass the opponent in one step, and raid the basket to complete the score.

Most of the No. 2 positions in the alliance, in the case of close-fitting, can't stop his first step, and the pace amplitude is too great!

But this can only be used as a "cold arrow" means.

This is also the reason why his breakthrough success rate is as high as 89.1%, and the total proportion of shots made with the ball to layups is only about 7%.

Li Wan now grabs the position early, forcing Kevin Durant to move to a position he doesn't shoot often.

"Bang dang!"

Kevin Durant, who received the ball and shot, looked at the shot and cursed "FXXXK!" ”

The Lakers counterattacked, the ball was transferred to the hands of Li Wan at the top of the arc, and P-J. Callesimo shouted a little nervously to get the rest of the team to pay attention to the change of defense.

The assistant coaching team of the SuperSonics team has studied Li Wan, and he has a very cunning set of "hand-to-hand" feints at the top of the arc, and many teams have suffered from this tactic.

Kevin Durant is on the lookout.

Li Wan didn't play any feints, Kobe Bryant bypassed him, and he obediently handed over the ball. Just the moment the ball left his hand, he immediately made a off-ball move from Kevin Durant's left side, and suddenly started, Kevin Durant reacted quickly and turned back to chase. But at this time, Li Wan retreated outside the three-point line.

Rao is Kevin Durant who has the agility of a guard, but he can only watch Li Wan regain the ball and shoot the basketball.

But this arc ......

Kevin Durant, who is good at long-range shooting, was a little puzzled by Li Wan's shot. And when the ball was about to fly to the basket, Odom grabbed the ball and easily completed the empty split, and his doubts were gone.

It's not a three-point shot, it's an empty connection with the inside.

The view is so good!

Phil Jackson looked at Phil Handy beside him, and the two of them smiled heartily with comfortable expressions.

Such an attack is too comfortable to look at.

Li Wan's breakthrough off-ball run shook Kevin Durant's feet, and the SuperSonics team couldn't help but step forward to make up for the defense, which caused a leak under the basket, although it was only for a moment, but it was still caught by Li Wan.