Chapter 48: The Two Goblins of Thunder!
Los Angeles Lakers Training Gym.
"Steve, grab it!"
With a shout from Du Kang, Nash, who had been staring at the pass and making a grab, finally moved this time!
Bang!
Nash broke Artest's pass to Yi Jianlian.
This decision can definitely be called stable and ruthless.
Artest, who was a little loose when passing the ball, was stunned.
As the best defensive player in the past, he can certainly judge how good Nash's steal just now was in timing.
Was it an accident?
It must have been an accident!
It was the coach who judged the timing and shouted it out so that Nash could steal!
In fact, as a 39-year-old veteran, not many people really think Nash can practice defense.
Even if you can practice it, it can't be so fast.
At the level of Nash's snatching of the ball just now, let's just say that the average first-guard can't do it.
In fact, Nash's top grab just now was just a sight to behold, and it didn't attract attention.
are all NBA stars, who can not eat dumplings.
"Okay, Steve, today's training is over, rest well, spend more time with the children, and play at night, today is your birthday, your family and children are watching, don't be ashamed of the game."
"I know, thank you, coach."
After Nash thanked him heartily, he looked at the back of Du Kang leaving, and the whole person still seemed to be in a dream.
Looking down at his hands, Nash clenched into fists with excitement.
I'm not dreaming!
Nash breathed a sigh of relief, looking forward to the night's game against the Thunder.
If you want to talk about the whole league, who is the most ruthless point guard who bullies him right now, Westbrook is now ranking higher and higher.
Nash was looking forward to the evening's game, and so was Howard next to him.
"Steve, you help me think about what I can do to borrow that golden bracer from the coach?"
In the last game, Kobe Bryant's supernatural performance against the Heat made Howard cry.
"Would you like to say no?"
"I'm afraid that the coach won't give it, it's so shameless, do you think I should be embarrassed like Kobe Bryant for a few games, so that the coach will also see me pitifully and lend me bracers to play?"
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For a moment, Nash actually found that he couldn't keep up with Howard's brain circuits.
"Haha, I'm kidding, I'm not going to be as useless as Kobe, I'm the boss of the Lakers, I'm going to ask the coach to give me that bracer instead of lending it to me!"
Looking at Howard, who was confident at this time, Nash was silent for a moment, and finally nodded.
"Well, come on."
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"Ding, your player Steve Nash has completed the training to activate the golden 'interceptor' skill, activate the skill, interceptor (golden), please pay attention to check."
Du Kang, who returned to his office, smiled and nodded.
Nash's golden skill activation was easy and was done on the same day.
Now, he can also start simulating the game against the Thunder at night.
With the golden defensive skills, Nash will definitely be a lot safer in the evening game, right?
It can only be said that the Thunder's Westbrook is indeed very restrained Nash.
Even if Nash had this skill, Du Kang wasn't sure if it would really protect Nash from being abused by Westbrook.
Simulated competition selection parameters.
Yesterday I discussed with Clifford what kind of team the Thunder are.
This is a defensive team that attacks by sheer talent.
According to Clifford.
It's a leprechaun team with two big goblins in it.
If you can choke one of the goblins on the defensive end, you have a chance to win.
If you can't pinch a goblin on the defensive end, and Durant and Westbrook are both open, then Jordan is coming, and it's likely to kneel.
If you can strangle two goblins on the defensive end, congratulations, you've won.
"It's a simple team."
This is not a pejorative, or even a positive term.
In the NBA, sometimes the more simple and direct the team, the more experienced and old teams in the NBA, the nemesis.
In recent years, the Spurs and Lakers have had a very hard time meeting the Thunder.
The Thunder are simply veteran killers.
Because the Thunder has no system, Du Kang didn't know which system to choose for a while, he was afraid that the Lakers would not be able to outrun the Thunder.
In the battle of position, Perkins and Ibaka of the Thunder are still very threatening to Howard and Yi Jianlian.
Perkins can top Howard, the effect is okay, Perkins has strength, but he lacks height, and Howard needs to move to play better.
As for Yi Jianlian and Ibaka, if Yi Jianlian really has Nowitzki's ball quotient, Du Kang will not worry about him against Ibaka.
Nowitzki can switch between back-to-back and front-facing offense, and can switch Ibaka to death.
But Yi Jianlian now does not have such a game reading ability, which is the so-called ball quotient.
And Ibaka's height, arm span, athleticism and defensive ability are indeed very limiting to Yi Jianlian.
In fact, when you think about it this way, it is indeed very difficult for the Lakers to beat the Thunder, and the Thunder can match the Lakers at every point.
In the meeting between the two teams last month, Du Kang sat in the dugout.
In that game, Durant and Westbrook combined for 69 points.
Durant slashed 42 and Westbrook slashed 27.
In the face of Durant and Westbrook's round-and-turn heads-up, Corvo is really clumsy and looks like a hero.
8-of-23 from the field, and it was very uncomfortable.
The Thunder's three outside players, Westbrook, Sefrosha, Durant, and Corvo, are not easy to play.
Westbrook's defense is full of momentum, although the technique is not good, but the old Corvo lacks explosiveness, even if he can have the skills to play him, he can't tear him apart, even if he loses his position, he can make up for it immediately, and he is full of strength, and Lao Ko is not easy to play with his back.
As for Sefrosa, he is a defensive player above league level, with good physical fitness and solid defensive skills.
And Durant, tall, fast, can cover people, and his skills are not so good, but his defensive talent is really full, and his defense is serious and not distracted, so he is definitely a first-class or even top defender.
It is precisely because of such an excellent overall defense that the Thunder can become the top team in the league without an offensive tactical system.
The Thunder, now 36-12, are second in the league and second in the West, behind the 39-11 Spurs.
Playing a triangle offense, Kobe Bryant can't attract the bag, and the efficiency of singles won't be too high.
Run and run, you may not be able to outrun two goblins.
Playing Howard's one inside and four outside, Howard may not be able to stand up to Perkins, and the Thunder's outside defense is fast, and the inside defense of Ibaka is strong, and it is difficult to score and open up space.
"No wonder Clifford said playing the Thunder is a headache for all coaches across the league."
This is a team full of talent, and maybe only talent can govern them.
So in the past two years, the Lakers and Spurs have always been deflated when they encounter the Thunder.
The Lakers and Spurs are the most experienced teams in the NBA.
But the talent can't keep up, it's still useless.
"Since the system is not very useful, let's go directly to Xia Ji and see whose Xia Ji is beautiful and whose eight dozen is powerful!"
This game with the Thunder is also extremely important to the Lakers and cannot be lost.
Heat, Thunder, Spurs, if you want to completely stimulate the championship heart of the Lakers' veterans, these three teams must win once, even once!
In the first simulation, Du Kang did not choose a tactical system.
The team's first attacker, Kobe, the second attacker, Yi Jianlian, and the third attacker Howard.
The other two starters were Artest and Nash.
On the Thunder's side, the starters for this game are Westbrook, Sefrosa, Durant, Ibaka and Perkins.
This is the regular lineup of the Thunder.
Defensive alignment, Howard defends Perkins, Yi Jian defends Ibaka, Artest defends Durant, Kobe Bryant defends Westbrook, and Nash defends Sefrosa.
Adjust all the simulation parameters.
Du Kang chose to start the simulation.
As soon as the picture turned, time and space changed, and Du Kang came to the Staples scene as if he were there.
At the start of the game, as the closest spectator, Du Kang watched the game walk according to the simulation parameters he set.
"Nice getaway, Westbrook gets shaken off, Kobe Bryant! Westbrook is rushing over again, be careful, Westbrook is flying! ”
"Mehta! Mehta! Mehta! Mehta's power is in the air, Kevin Durantra passes the ball, pulls up a jump shot, hits! ”
"Oh my God, I finally hit, Yi stood against Ibaka's defense, leaned back and hit a difficult mid-range shot, it was too difficult!"
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In the excited voice of the live DJ, the game is constantly walking.
It's too difficult to describe this game between the Lakers and the Thunder, which is too apt.
is also Xia Ji Bada, although not all of them have offense, but each has defense, and they are all first-class defense.
The Lakers can't break down the opponent's defense.
On the contrary, Durant's advantage over the Lakers is too great!
Durant wants speed and speed, height and height, shooting and shooting, three-point and three-pointer, and breakthrough and breakthrough.
No Lakers player can match him one-on-one, and it's like a high-end version of Wade who can shoot three-pointers.
and Westbrook's impact, which made Kobe Bryant face him, and Kobe's defense was also very uncomfortable.
If it weren't for Howard's hard work under the basket, it is estimated that the Lakers would have become an air show area for young people like Ibaka and the Thunder.
"These two goblins are so brutal!"
What an ultimate talent!
That's it!
Rout!
The simulation of this game, the Lakers can simply be described as a rout!
These veterans of the Lakers are not working hard, except for Howard, the others are really a little unable to keep up with the rhythm of the Thunder.
The Thunder and the Heat are not the same.
The Heat are also very talented, but not as restless as the Thunder!
Thunder's talent is the kind of Thunderball!
Fortunately, Du Kang has a simulator, if it is not simulated, it will be a direct game like this, and in this game, the Thunder will be able to directly beat the Lakers' championship spirit.
This one is definitely no joke.
If the Lakers want to win the championship, they have to rush out of the West.
And the advantage of the Thunder over the Lakers in this game makes the Lakers see no possibility of beating the Thunder.
If there is no championship hope, then a lot of the atmosphere he has created with the Lakers will be destroyed.
Then his control of the team will be cut in half.
If he doesn't win the championship this season, Jim Truce won't be able to deliver on his promise.
Will the Lakers have a championship window in the next two seasons?
In the end, he and Jim Shu still have to get out.
It's also horrible.
Luckily, he can simulate it, and he can do it all over again.
"Keep coming!"
In the first simulation, the reason appeared that the Lakers simply couldn't keep up with the talent and rhythm of the Thunder.
Thunder, this group of young people is too grumpy.
In the second simulation, Du Kang still didn't use the system, and it was still Xia Ji Bado.
But the starting lineup has changed, with Earl Clark and Jordan Hill starting.
The starters became Howard, Gasol, Jordan Hill, Earl Clark, Kobe.
It's a lineup of one small and four big.
It's a mess, but Dukang hopes that Gasol can suppress Ibaka with his back, and that Jordan Hill and Clarke can fill the Lakers' restricted area with their height and reach, compressing the space between Westbrook and Durant.
By the way, Yi Jianlian and Nash can win in the rotation lineup.
And then this time, the Lakers were even worse.
The Lakers' starters are too big, Westbrook doesn't care about these tall defenders at all, as long as you can't keep up with him, he will kill inside, no matter how many people there are.
What's even more terrifying is that the Thunder bench has a backup point guard named Reggie Jackson, who, like Westbrook Jr., stares at Nash and the Lakers rotation is a hard fight.
Reggie Jackson took Kevin Martin to blow up the Lakers rotation.
Nima's!
"It's too violent!"
The Thunder are a fierce team.
Westbrook is also fierce and scary.
Du Kang's tall lineup is scary, and the effect of scaring James is very good.
But Westbrook was really not afraid, and was not intimidated in the slightest.
Riding Howard dares to go up and buckle, can you believe it?
James will be dumbfounded when he sees it, this is Howard, you really dare!
"This Nima is a point guard?!"
Originally, Du Kang thought that the most difficult to defend against the Thunder should be Durant.
He really didn't expect that the most energetic person in the game was Westbrook, and the one who gave him the most headache was Westbrook.
He didn't have the energy to think about defending Durant at all, and one Westbrook made him a little unbearable.
And Durant ......
Well, as soon as Dukang finished the game, he looked at Durant's technical statistics, 12 out of 20, 36 points.
Nima's, how did you get these 36?
Why am I not impressed?
How did Durant unknowingly 30+ again?
Conversely, why did Westbrook only shoot 10-of-24 and only 30 points?
Du Kang recalled the picture of the game, looked at the technical statistics of the Thunder team after the game, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt amazing.
From his first impression of watching the game, Westbrook was a very big threat and too lethal.
It can be said that the Lakers were killed all over the field, from the outside to the inside, and from the inside to the outside, just like a mythical beast.
Now what?
Facing this fierce Westbrook, Dukang feels that he has used up all the defensive players that the Lakers can use.
Nash didn't go up.
Kobe Bryant, he can't stop it, and he can't scare people by changing to a big man.
In the face of such a fierce Westbrook, Du Kang was so scared that he didn't dare to let Nash start.
How dare Nash directly face Westbrook.
He was really afraid that Nash would be broken by Westbrook, so who would he invite to cry.
Now what?
Du Kang gritted his teeth!
"Continue not to system, continue to Xia Ji Bado!"
"Starting Howard, Yi Jianlian, Artest, Kobe, Nash!"
"Kobe Bryant defends Durant!"
"Nash, Nash defends Westbrook!"
"The first point of attack, or Nash!"
Since the defense can't stop it, then I won't defend it!
Even if you get beaten out of 58, it's a big deal to start all over again!
Fight!
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Miami.
"LeBron, is your groin okay?"
"Just put some ice on it."
After James finished speaking, Wade breathed a sigh of relief.
LeBron has a groin strain, and he actually played this game against the Celtics, and he performed so well.
What is professionalism, this is it!
Wade looked at James with an appreciative expression.
Thinking of the scene where James couldn't help but be covered in a towel after the previous game with the Lakers.
Wade comforted.
"LeBron, the game with the Lakers was an accident, Kobe Bryant and Yi can't always be so accurate, you didn't lose to anyone, it was an accident, and it was also because of your injury, it won't be long before anyone will remember that game, only remember that we beat the Thunder and won the championship again!"
After Wade finished speaking, James nodded.
The Thunder are still the Heat's No. 1 imaginary enemy.
Yes, soon no one will remember!
As long as the Lakers lose, as long as Coach D loses, all the aura on him will disappear, and without the halo, no one will believe what he says.
And I'm still the same LeBron James!
That LeBron James who wants to surpass Jordan and become a basketball goat in the future!
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on James' face.
"Dwyan, let's watch the Thunder and Lakers game together."
He wants to see Coach D and that aging Laker being crushed by those two goblins from the Thunder!
Those two goblins almost crushed the heat!
"LeBron, they don't have any chance of winning."
James nodded, and this time, a smile appeared on his face.
And looking at the smile on James's face, Wade was also relieved.
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