There are no weak teams in NBA teams, and most NBA team coaches are also dry, and veteran coach Larry Brown has more dry goods in his stomach.

With center Tyson Chandler, who was traded from the New Orleans Hornets, out due to injury, veteran coach Larry Brown recently added veteran center Nazel Muhammad to the starting lineup.

After studying the Thunder's lineup style of play with the coaching staff, Larry Brown had a bold idea!

With more than seven minutes left in the first quarter, the boss replaced starting center Mohammed with 198cm guard Stephen Graham.

At this time, the Charlotte Bobcats' on-court lineup Dio was on the center position, and the five people on the field were all about two meters tall except for Felton, a small defender.

In this world, perhaps it is the butterfly effect caused by Li Ze, and many teams in the league have begun to emulate the Thunder's tactical play.

In these years, it is difficult to find star interior players, but there are still a lot of defenders and forwards of about 2 meters.

The teams also saw it, and the basic game of the inner twin towers was gone before, but as long as the lineup is smaller, and the outside line feels up, maybe you can shoot you to death, anyway, it's normal to lose, and you win blood, no matter how you think about it, you won't lose.

After the Bobcats became a five-man lineup, Dio completely opened up, constantly beating Jeff Green with his big ass in the low post, and using his flexible pace on the outside, hand-to-hand fake cover for Kostic.

What makes everyone on the Thunder team the most speechless is that Dio can still dominate the ball, and from time to time he will send an assist or indirect assist, and Kostic's footsteps can't keep up with the opponent at all, and he is restrained.

Coach Brooks saw that there was a big problem with the defense, and at 6:12, he immediately called a timeout, and the offense was fine, but he couldn't accept this kind of defense.

"Guys, play really well, Kostic, you get off the court first, Ibaka comes on and pays attention to the opponent's cover, the defense has to keep up, Kayce, Kevin, Russell, add some attack to the basket."

Kostic was very depressed, in the opening minutes, it was rare for the Thunder to have an inside advantage, and several offenses were finished by him, and the effect was also very good, all of them were scored, but he couldn't do anything on the defensive end, and the speed of lateral movement really couldn't keep up.

After the timeout, the Thunder switched to their own small lineup, and although they are also dominated by forwards, the average height of the Thunder is higher.

"It seems that we've made some changes to the roster as well, and Ibaka, who has been doing well lately, and all five players on the court are all rookies, which is a rare scenario in the league."

Commentator Twin exaggerated the Thunder's lineup.

After the Charlotte Bobcats lineup was adjusted, the defense was directly changed, and the turtle only played two high-post blocking tactics in the opening, and there were no good opportunities later.

After the Thunder team's timeout, just after halftime, Turtle Turtle passed the ball to Li Ze next to him, and at the same time made a tactical gesture to signal his teammates to open up the offensive space.

After Ibaka mentioned the three-point line blocking, Li Ze broke through with his left hand, facing Dio who switched defenses, dribbled behind his left hand, and quickly changed direction under his crotch, and Dior's defensive center of gravity suddenly shifted to the left.

But what Li Ze was waiting for was this moment, once again a quick crotch change direction, the ball in his right hand accelerated in a straight line, easily broke through the opponent's defense, and continued to dribble under the crotch, causing the audience to let out an exclamation.

"Oh!!"

Dio was shaken and quickly chased after the defense, he also knew that it was difficult for his teammates to shrink and help the defense, and the Thunder's style of play was to empty the paint area, and he had to rely on himself at this time.

Li Ze felt that Dio was still struggling to chase after him, suddenly slowed down during the march, leaned on the opponent, and took a light basket with his right hand, and shouted at the same time:

"My bowl!"

"Huh... "The ball scored and the whistle blew.

“Come on！ He bumped into it himself, and I didn't move, sir, and the loud scream doesn't mean I've fouled! ”

Seeing Li Ze showing his muscles to the audience on the sidelines with a smile on his face, Dior was so angry that he immediately found the referee and kept explaining, but unfortunately the linesman signaled that he could see the ball very clearly and still maintained the original verdict.

Li Ze walked to the free throw line, took a deep breath, and scored the ball steadily, and the home whistle must be used well.

Seeing the Thunder's lineup rapidly shrinking, the Bobcats also shifted their offensive focus to the perimeter, and Stephen Jackson, who had just arrived at the team, tried to solve the problem with his own offense.

In the face of Li Ze's defense, he simply changed his body to the back, trying to crush and break through with his body, but he couldn't get rid of Li Ze's entanglement during the march, and finally the layup was interfered with by Ibaka's defense, and he hit an iron angrily.

"Shet! This ball is definitely a hitter! The league always takes care of these rookies! ”

Stephen Jackson kept complaining to the referee while returning to the defense after hitting the iron, and the offense was defended by the rookie, and his face was a little unbearable.

"The Golden State Warriors may be the right choice to trade you, and you can consider retiring the buddy."

Seeing Stephen Jackson defending himself, Li Ze suddenly said a shrimp pig heart, which instantly made the opponent break the defense.

"Rookie, didn't anyone tell you not to provoke veterans in the alliance? You were still nursing when I played! ”

Stephen Jackson immediately sprayed back, he really can't accept the Warriors trading him, he is only 31 years old, the ability is still there, but he played the Black Eight Miracle with his brothers, and he was still traded.

"Put away your old rules, the league doesn't take care of rookies, the referees just give preferential treatment to star players, you're already angry, so there's no whistle, accept the reality, man!"

Li Ze and Stephen Jackson stood in the bottom corner, but the Thunder's offense didn't suffer much.

Durant covered out to catch the ball, faced Gerald Wallace's defense, dribbled a big step, and made a quick stop jump shot at the right elbow of the free throw line, easily scoring the ball, and the height advantage was too obvious.

The Bobcats attacked, Stephen Jackson was obviously stimulated by Li Ze, after receiving the ball on the outside, in the face of Li Ze's defense, he dribbled under his crotch and changed direction in front of his body, and held the ball in his right hand to the penalty area again.

As a result, it was rejected by Ibaka's hat who came to help defend him, and with the addition of the [Defensive Core] badge, Ibaka's defensive talent was activated in advance.

The defensive selection is getting better and better, and with his own good athletic talent, as long as Li Ze's defense does not lose too much position, Ibaka can easily block after the defense comes.

"Fack!"

After seeing Li Ze accept the rebound, he immediately launched a conversion attack, and Stephen Jackson scolded angrily and chased after him.

But the Thunder team's conversion offense was too fast, Li Ze found the fast turtle with a pass, and after the latter received the ball, he first used his body to carry Felton's defense, rushed up in three steps, and easily staged a two-handed violent dunk!

"Roar!"

The turtle who dunked successfully yelled at Felton who was defending him, and at the same time jumped with his fists excitedly, signaling that the atmosphere of the scene was dry.

In the next two minutes or so, Stephen Jackson, who was already on the top, perfectly interpreted what it means to play cold and hard, facing Li Ze's defense, hitting with his back to the strong, breaking through to the basket, and shooting in the emergency stop.

"Thank you for the Christmas gift, I love it!"

Li Ze saw Stephen Jackson hit a piece of anger again, and laughed and teased again.

"Shet! Shut up, rookie! ”

The first quarter of the game is almost over, Stephen Jackson is currently shooting 2 of 10, no free throws, has been iron out of the sky, and there is no confidence in trash talk...

Fortunately, the other players of the Bobcats were quite efficient, otherwise the game would have been collapsed by Stephen Jackson in the first quarter, 24-26, in the first quarter of the game, the two sides stabbed each other with small lineups, and the Thunder led by two points.

Veteran coach Larry Brown feels they've taken advantage of weaknesses in the Thunder's roster.

So the second quarter shortened the rotation and replaced Raymond Felton with Ronald Murray, which was a point-guard substitution and the others followed.

Coach Brooks brought on center Kostic, Sofrosa and Eric Mayno at the back, and Li Ze and Serb Ibaka also continued to play.

The lineup elevated the interior and tried to suppress the opposition on rebounding, while the defensive end relied on Ibaka's ability to help make up for Kostic's lack of movement.

Stephen Jackson also completely calmed down after the break, and immediately after the start of the second quarter, he focused all his energy on the defensive end and strengthened his defense against Li Ze.

After playing for more than 3 minutes, Li Ze faintly felt bad in his heart, he was too iron in this game, 1 of 3 in the first quarter, and after the start of the second quarter, he missed all 3 shots, obviously there were several good opportunities, but the middle distance was all inaccurate.

Fortunately, the Bobcats still defended him tightly, allowing Li Ze to send a few exquisite assists, and with the high shooting percentage of his teammates, the score was still in alternating leads.

The Thunder attacked, through Kostic's destructive power in the low post, after several goals, the outside line continued to transfer the ball, and Li Ze got another vacant opportunity on the right side of the three-point line 45 degrees, and immediately jumped after receiving the pass.

"Bang...", he was angry.

Seeing that the backcourt rebounds were successfully protected by the Bobcats, Li Ze quickly retreated, and at the same time complained powerlessly in his heart:

"It shouldn't be, even if it's not in the shooting hot zone, without the bonus of [Hot Zone Hunter], the empty three-point should be easily thrown, is it because there is too much ball control training at Christmas, which caused this game to feel nothing..."

"Kayce did have a problem with his feel in this game, he didn't take a couple of good shots, and maybe he hasn't recovered from the Christmas holidays."

The commentator Twin saw Li Ze striking, and he complained helplessly.

The old coach Larry Brown watched from the sidelines and smiled, after he and the coaching staff carefully studied Li Ze's shooting position, they naturally made targeted defensive arrangements in this game, trying to drive Li Ze to the right side and not let him catch the ball on the left side.

As for Durant's defense, it is just the opposite of Li Ze, as the regular season continues, the strengths and weaknesses of the players will be fully exposed, and the coaching staff of each team will continue to study the weaknesses of the opponent and strive to win every game.

The reason why many teams like the twin towers and like super centers now is because the big man is more consistent in scoring in the low post, and the closer he is to the basket, the higher the shooting percentage.

More than 5 minutes into the second quarter, Li Ze angrily slashed 0 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, in addition to scoring and pulling his hips, rebounds and assists still helped the team bite the score, and Coach Brooks saw that the situation was not good, and called a timeout again.

"Kayce, adjust at the next break, don't care about the hit rate, and still make decisive shots when there is an opportunity."

"Russell, pay attention to the transfer of the ball when you get on the court, control the mistakes, Kevin, be patient on the offensive end and try to attack the basket as much as possible."

Durant immediately nodded to show that he understood, and Li Ze was finally iron, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, and the sense of urgency in his heart suddenly decreased by half:

"As the boss of the team, I have to stand up at this moment, Kayce, and strike with peace of mind!"

But sometimes the iron is so wonderful, and Durant found that his hand was also declining after coming on the court, although the left side was indeed not his shooting hot spot, but there was an empty space, and it should be easy to score.

The Thunder attacked, and Durant, who was covered, broke through in an instant after receiving the ball, faced the defense of Gerala DeWallace, dribbled behind his left hand in the middle of the march, changed the rhythm, shook off the opponent's entanglement, and threw a backward jumper.

"Bang...", a Yang turned iron.

"Shet! Is striking iron contagious? ”

The opportunity to score easily turned out to be iron, and Durant cursed helplessly in his heart.

Fortunately, the Turtle and Sofrosa were still on the line, helping the team withstand the Bobcats' offense in the second half of the second quarter, and Gerald Wallace exploded in the quarter, shooting 4-of-4 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line for an efficient 10 points.

At halftime, 50-50, the two sides were tied.

Coach Brooks was a little helpless in his heart, the opportunities came out, but he just couldn't shoot, maybe this is the disadvantage of the outside team, the offense relies too much on the player's long-range shooting feeling.

'We played really well in the first half, maintaining this attacking rhythm, taking decisive shots when we had chances, not caring about the shooting percentage and sticking to our attacking strategy.

"We're going to play harder, we're going to attack the basket more in the second half, they're missing the big guys who protect the rim, we're going to play more in the three-second zone, come on, boys!"

Li Ze and Durant were both a little embarrassed to sit in their positions, especially Li Ze, who only scored one shot in the first half, which broke his record for the lowest score in the half...

Durant, on the other hand, was angry with himself, and he continued to practice hard every day during the Christmas holiday, but his shooting percentage plummeted in this game, and he came 3-of-11 at halftime, and he was frustrated.

"Kayce, Kevin, we haven't lost the game yet, it's just iron, it's not a big deal, and seriously, we're all relieved to see that your hit rate is finally starting to decline."

Nick Collisson, as the big brother of the team, spoke out to comfort the iron duo at this time.

"yes, I'm almost skeptical, Kayce, do you know, you're really putting us under a lot of pressure, you've been playing efficiently, God, you're still a rookie!"

Kostic also immediately spoke out to comfort Li Zelai.

"That's right! You're finally out of order, Kayce, and every time I get a pass from you, I'm afraid I'll lose the ball, after all, you've been able to score the ball easily with defensive shots before, and I'm so much more comfortable to see you hit the iron. ”

Soflosa also said excitedly.

"Kevin, sometimes I really want you to go back to the form of the previous two seasons, when you always hit the iron frequently, this season I saw you easily score 30 points per game, and the shooting percentage was over 50%, and I was also under a lot of pressure, and I was afraid of holding you back."

Jeff Green also said what was in his heart, as long as he catches the ball and shoots outside the three-point line now, as long as he misses the shot, he will have a huge sense of guilt in his heart, and he will feel comfortable after seeing the two of them hit the iron.

"So are we, Shet! Especially Kayce, who had such a great rookie season, we were scared every day of training! ”

Li Ze heard his teammates in the locker room start to denounce him, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly:

"It looks like everyone has been choked enough!"

Durant also came back to his senses at this time, completely thought about it, and just hit the iron at halftime, and suddenly thought that he had other offensive methods:

"You have to show your foul-making skills and make good use of the home team's blowing scale!"

After the start of the third quarter, both sides got back the main lineup, and the veteran coach Larry Brown was no longer in command from the sidelines, sat back on the bench, and easily came to a tactical back, looking at the situation on the court with a smile.

At halftime, coach Larry Brown made a targeted defensive setup, and in the first half, the Thunder's outside shooting percentage was just over 40%, and he believed that the balance of victory had slowly tipped in favor of his team.

It's just that after more than 4 minutes of play, the situation on the court is completely different from what he expected, Durant feels average, but he has stood on the free throw line three times in a row, and the Thunder are still clinging to the score.

The Bobcats attacked, Gerald Wallace faced Durant's defense after receiving the ball, quickly released the ball with his left hand after the three threats, carried Durant, and came directly to the restricted area with a big jump.

"Squeak..."

The referee's whistle blew and blew Durant's foul, and Gerard Wallace smiled proudly, isn't it just a foul, he will too, and then stood on the free throw line and hit two free throws steadily.

But he didn't wait for too long, the Thunder team attacked, Li Ze received the ball at 45 degrees on the right side outside the three-point line, and broke through with the ball in his right hand in an instant.

Stephen Jackson hurriedly adjusted his center of gravity and did not give Li Ze a chance to break through with his right hand, but he didn't expect Li Ze to take a big turn after taking a step, and after turning to the restricted area, facing Muhammad's defense, he picked up the basket directly with his left hand.

"My bowl!"

"Huh... "The ball scored and the whistle blew.

Li Ze stood at the free throw line, simply adjusted his breathing, added free throws and hit steadily, his hand was not smooth, and he would hit more baskets when he had the opportunity, not to mention that [Gap Hunter] also had the bonus effect of making fouls.

Veteran coach Larry Brown felt that something was wrong on the court, and immediately asked for a timeout, rearranged the defense, and constantly emphasized that it was necessary to reduce fouls and not let the Thunder frequently stand on the free throw line.

But after the timeout, the Bobcats' defense still had problems, although at the beginning of the third quarter, the turtle's shooting percentage also began to decline, but after this timeout returned, the turtles began to hit the basket frequently.

The Bobcats' five-small lineup that changed after the timeout lacked interior height, and as long as the turtle rushed up, he threw himself in the air, and then found the basket after the confrontation, and the excellent athleticism allowed the turtle to finish easily.

In the third quarter, the whistle sounded frequently, the game was blown to pieces, and the rhythm was also very slow, and finally the two sides tied 24 in a single quarter.

After the start of the final quarter, the Bobcats also went ruthless on the defensive end, with all kinds of hidden small actions constantly, just not allowing you to catch the ball easily.

After playing for more than two minutes, with neither side scoring, Li Ze realized that the Thunder's tactics had begun to stagnate, and immediately began to ask for the ball with his back in the right side of the paint area.

After receiving the turtle's high hanging pass, he first leaned back with his back, then shook his shoulder, made a false shake, and quickly released the ball with his right hand and cut along the bottom line.

Feeling that Stephen Jackson's defense was not out of position, he pulled his right hand back, turned around and quickly closed the ball, made a shooting feint, and saw that the opponent was directly flying, Li Ze leaned up and threw the ball casually.

"My bowl!"

"Squeak..."

Although the shot was not on the line, the referee blew the whistle and blew for a foul on Stephen Jackson's shooting hitter.

Stephen Jackson is no longer trash-talking, and he has five fouls on his back, so he has to keep a low profile, and he doesn't want to leave the court with six fouls early.

Li Ze stood on the free throw line, and after a simple slap of the ball, he quickly adjusted his breathing and hit the two free throws steadily.

The Bobcats' offense, Dio, with his big ass, ate Jeff Green raw in the low post to help the team break the scoring drought in the fourth quarter.

In the next game, Durant also came up with his killer move, facing Gerald Wallace's overly aggressive defense, waiting until the opponent's arm touched him, and directly used a big loop.

"Squeak..."

The referee's whistle blew for a shooting foul on Gerard Wallace.

"It's not a shooting move at all, he's a naked foul, I just touched his arm lightly, come on, it's definitely not a shooting foul!"

Gerald Wallace was very emotional and kept explaining his actions to the referee, but unfortunately, this did not change the referee's decision, and Durant stood on the free throw line and hit two free throws safely.

In the next 3 minutes or so, the Thunder relied on Li Ze, Turtle, and Durant's continuous impact on the basket, constantly breaking through the ball, and always maintaining a 2-point lead.

But after Durant came into full swing again and made another Stephen Jackson shooting foul, veteran coach Larry Brown also broke the defense and directly angrily sprayed the referee:

"It's not a shooting action at all, it's an insult to basketball, Shet! Your blowing penalty ruined the game! ”

Stephen Jackson was very emotional when he left the court with six fouls, but when he saw the head coach spraying the referee, he immediately went over and pulled the old man back to the bench, but the referee still blew a technical foul.

"Oh!! Yes! ”

The crowd at Ford Center began to cheer loudly, and most home fans naturally hoped that the referee's whistle would be in their favor, and that the Thunder would extend their lead as long as the free throws were made.

Li Ze thought helplessly, this is back to the trajectory of history, it is estimated that after this game, the three whistles of Thunder will definitely become famous!

After Stephen Jackson was sent off, the Bobcats were affected on both ends of the floor, and in the ensuing game, Li Ze finally found his touch.

After receiving the ball at 45 degrees on the right side outside the three-point line, facing Gerald Wallace who switched to the defense, after three threats, he put the ball with his right hand, changed direction under his crotch, and pretended to break through on the left side.

Noticing that the opponent moved a big step backwards, dribbled the ball behind his left hand, and immediately stepped back and made a jumper.

The three-point shot hollowed into the net.

"Ahh Oh!! ”

The crowd at Ford Center erupted in a huge cheer, the three-pointer was too timely!

Scoring this goal also made Li Ze breathe a sigh of relief, this game was really out of the sky, but fortunately, this opportunity was seized.

The three-pointer also brought the Thunder's lead to eight points, and in the final minutes of the fourth quarter, the Bobcats continued to attack and try to pull back the score, but Durant's explosive free throw always responded.

In the end, the game ran out, 92-99, and the Thunder won a hard-fought victory at home against the Charlotte Bobcats.

After the game, the Bobcats players walked directly to the players' tunnel, and when they encountered such a home whistle, they didn't dare to be brothers!

The Russian City fans at the Ford Center Arena were jubilant, and the fans were not demanding, as long as they won, everyone was happy.

Li Ze and Durant don't have much joy of winning, after all, this game, the performance is really not good, for this victory, if you have to describe it, the most appropriate thing to say is Xiangwei chocolate...

Li Ze scored 17 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, which looks good, but he was 4 of 14 in the game and 1 of 4 in three-pointers, in fact, many points were scored by free throws.

Durant scored 26 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, and made 14 of 14 free throws, and the statistics look very good, in fact, he shot 6 of 19 and 0 of 4 three-pointers.

Durant, who returned to the locker room, leaned back on his seat with a depressed expression, and thought with chagrin in his heart while applying ice:

"Shit-like game, obviously this is a great time to establish himself in the locker room, Kayce has a bad hand, he stepped up and led the team to victory, but it turned out to be a tough win with the referee's whistle, Fack!"

"What's going on, guys, we won! We're still number one in the West, so be happy, we're leaving for New York tomorrow, haha, I'm going to see Taylor! ”

Because he was about to meet his idol, the turtle was very excited at this time, and showed his graceful dance in the locker room.

Everyone in the Thunder Team was also infected by the joy given by the turtle, and gradually laughed, although Li Ze was smiling, he secretly made up his mind in his heart:

"In the future, I can't be obsessed with ball control training, especially the combination of big ball and small ball, women, it will really affect their shooting feel!"