Someone once said that how many points Durant can score in a game does not need to look at the faces of the opponent's defenders, but it depends on the faces of my great powers.

No matter how good your scoring ability is, if you can't get the ball, you have a hammer?

This is definitely not unreasonable.

Let's talk about trivia.

In the 11-12 season, the Thunder went all the way to the finals in the playoffs, playing a total of 20 games throughout the playoffs, and in these 20 games, Durant averaged 19.2 shots per game, hit 9.9 shots, shot 51.7%, and could get 28.5 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists.

Westbrook averaged 20.4 shots per game, 1.2 more than the leading big brother Durant, but unfortunately with a large number of shots, Westbrook could only hit 8.9 shots, shooting 43.5%, and averaged 23.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game.

As the second brother, Westbrook has more shots than Durant, and no matter how you look at it, you will feel out of harmony.

This was actually the case last season, when Durant and Westbrook took almost the same number of shots in the playoffs, but they scored 28.6 points and 23.8 points.

One thing to say, Durant later defected to the Warriors, and there was no reason for Westbrook, even if he didn't say anything when he was a teammate on weekdays, Durant probably annoyed Westbrook for a long time.

Even now, Wang Chao has noticed that Durant's eyes are not quite right when he looks at Westbrook.

As a well-known reckless man in the Alliance, Westbrook really didn't care about anything else when he was reckless.

Eldest brother? What is that? Is it tasty? ——

On the Rockets' side, the beginning of the game was to implement the strategy of focusing on Da Yao, and the outside players tried every means to pass the ball to Da Yao on the inside to hold the ball alone.

All four players pulled to the outside, and the Thunder really didn't dare to go to the inside to wrap Da Yao and put the outside shooter to shoot.

So Da Yao used his solid and superb inside skills to beat Perkins over and over again.

Backward jumper, 45-degree angle shot on the board, sinking step and dunk on the spot with both hands......

In less than five minutes, Da Yao had already made 5 of 6 shots, and caused Perkins to draw two fouls and 3 of 4 free throws to score 13 points.

On the other hand, on the Thunder's side, Westbrook opened the game with the ball several times in a row, but in Kourtney. Lee's defense is obviously not effective, especially since the Rockets have a big Yao pestle under the basket, and attacking the basket itself is extremely unwise.

What Da Yao is more afraid of is the kind of player who will use mid-range shots after breaking through, because his pace is slow and he can't defend it in the first place like Howard.

But if it is a player who rushes to the basket and wants to make a layup or dunk, Da Yao doesn't even have to jump, he can teach them to be a man by standing under the basket.

In the first five minutes of the game, the Rockets scored 17 points, while the Thunder only scored 9 points.

The Thunder, who called two timeouts in a row, made tactical adjustments, and Harden was sent on the court early, responsible for controlling the ball, and could not let the hot-headed Westbrook continue to possess the ball.

Perkins, who had already been fouled twice, was substituted and replaced by Nick, who had already committed two fouls. Collison.

Collisson's appearance on the court cannot change the status quo of the Thunder's interior being unilaterally beaten, but Harden's appearance did make the Thunder's offensive rhythm adjust.

Durant can finally touch the ball.

In the first few minutes, Durant didn't completely miss the ball, but he didn't have many chances, and two attempted mid-range shots failed to hit under Wang Chao's defense.

At this moment, Durant, who was holding the ball in the top arc position, looked at Wang Chao in front of him and was slightly surprised.

Wang Chao's defense was far more difficult than he thought.

The two obviously didn't play each other much, especially when Wang Chao was still in the east before, and the two only played each other twice a season.

But Wang Chao seems to be very familiar with him, every time he makes an offensive move, the opponent can react immediately, and force him to shoot in the most uncomfortable position, as if he can predict in advance.

Of course, Durant didn't know, although in his impression, the number of times the two faced each other head-to-head was very small, but Wang Chao's familiarity with him was not a little high.

Because Wang Chao has simulated the scene of fighting Durant in his dreams many times.

Simulation potion, priced at 50 points, the effect is that you can get 1 hour of simulation training time in your dream, and in the dream world, Wang Chao can set the opponent, set the scene, and conduct simulation training in the way you envision.

As early as before entering the playoffs, Wang Chao knew that the strongest opponent in the West was probably the Thunder, so he used a simulation potion to simulate the scene of playing against Durant from that time.

It's just that the effect of the simulation potion is not omnipotent, and the players that Wang Chao can simulate are only based on their own impressions and cognitions of the other party, and their strength and playing habits are not exactly the same.

But even so, having is better than nothing.

Moreover, Wang Chao's understanding of Durant is not limited to him at this stage, including Durant's playing style during the future Warriors, Wang Chao, who has watched a lot of live broadcasts and videos, is deeply impressed, after many simulations, Wang Chao has become very familiar with and adapted to Durant's style of play, even if his outside defense is not the top level in the league, but he can still use his rich defensive experience to affect Durant.

The only drawback is that the duration of the simulation potion is too short, only an hour at a time, and the simulation in the dream is not the same as the real one, no matter how many simulations are simulated, muscle memory cannot be formed, and the price of 50 points is not cheap, and it can only be used in certain situations.

The score of the first quarter of the game between the Rockets and Thunder ended up at 29:22, and the Rockets led by seven points at home.

In the second quarter of the game, Durant finally began to gradually adapt to Wang Chao's highly targeted defensive style, and the scoring efficiency gradually improved, but on the other side, after Da Yao's physical consumption was large, he was replaced for a break, and Wang Chao began to officially take over the game.

The scene began to evolve into a battle between Wang Chao and Durant.

Durant's side hit a mid-range pull-up jumper, and Wang Chao followed up with the help of blocking and dismantling to cover the three-point line and fire.

Durant scored a one-handed dunk under the basket, and Wang Chao scored a back-to-back jumper inside.

In the second quarter of the game, the two did not give in to each other, scoring 17 and 15 points respectively.

Immediately after that, Westbrook began to behave again.

Westbrook, who shot less than 36% from the field in the first half, was very dissatisfied with his performance, so after taking over the ball, he increased the number of shots without thinking, and changed from the previous ball to the basket with the ball to the mid-range pull-up jump shot after the breakthrough.

Westbrook's early career shot percentage was still good, at least compared to the fact that he didn't shoot at all at all, and it could be used as a conventional weapon.

But only to the extent that it's not bad.

The Rockets were tasked with guarding Westbrook by Courtney. Lee, even if he was passed by Westbrook with his speed advantage, the distance he could be thrown away was limited, so when Westbrook made a pull-up jumper, he could catch up with the defense as soon as possible.

Received by Courtney. Lee's interference, Westbrook's pull-up jump shot success rate is not high, at least with the Rockets' offense around Wang Chao and Da Yao.

The difference between the two teams began to grow uncontrollably.

At the same time, Harden's side is not feeling well.

In this game, Harden faced Leonard.

Harden, who entered the league two years earlier than Leonard, has a lot more game experience than Leonard, but the gap between the two in static talent is very obvious.

Harden, who is 1.96 meters tall, is significantly smaller than Leonard, and he doesn't have any advantage in power and speed.

Harden in the Thunder era is still very immature, and his body is thin, and he does not have the strength of the big-assed, fleshy Harden in the future, nor does he have the ball-handling skills and foul-making ability of Harden.

Therefore, when facing Leonard's death entanglement, Harden was also busy taking care of himself for a while, and there was no way to support and help Westbrook.

In the third quarter of the game, the Rockets, led by Wang Chao and Da Yao, directly blasted out a wave of 12:2 attacks, and the score difference went straight to more than 15 points in the blink of an eye.

Durant was almost speechless, he hurriedly took over the ball, and used his height advantage to hit two shots in front of Wang Chao in a row to stabilize the situation, but he still couldn't stop the team's decline.

The outside line can't defend Wang Chao, and the inside line has no way to deal with Da Yao, and the Thunder team can't build an effective defense at all, and the offense can only rely on Durant alone, how can he win the game?

106：98。

The Rockets defeated the Thunder at home to win their first win in the Western Conference Finals.

Da Yao was 11-of-17 from the field, 8-of-9 from the free-throw line, and finished with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 6 blocks.

Wang Chao was 12-of-22, 4-of-8 three-pointers, 4-of-4 free throws, and had a triple-double of 32 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists.

Because of Da Yao's offense, Wang Chao did not put much energy into the offensive end, but focused more on defending Durant.

It must be admitted that if he doesn't count himself, Durant is definitely the best scorer in the entire league since Jordan in terms of offense.

Obviously, Wang Chao has fully familiarized himself with and adapted to Durant's style of play with the simulation potion, and his defense is very targeted, but after experiencing the initial discomfort, Durant quickly adjusted, and the offensive efficiency returned to normal in the second half of the second quarter.

The final result was that Durant shot 9 of 21 and 12 of 14 free throws under Wang Chao's defense, scoring 30 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, although the shooting rate of 42% was lower than usual, but after all, he took on the scoring burden of the Thunder.

The main reason for their loss was the slightly stretched hips of Westbrook and Harden.

Harden was actually okay, although he was very uncomfortable defended by Leonard, but when he shot 7 of 17 and 3 of 5 three-pointers, he still got 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and the sixth man who came off the bench was qualified.

But Westbrook is different.

In the whole game, Westbrook took 21 shots, exactly the same as Durant, but shot only 33% from the field, only 16 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 turnovers.

Da Yao alone gave him a full 4 blocks under the basket.

The presence of Westbrook as an undercover agent makes it easy for the Rockets to win the game.

Only one game of the Western Conference Finals was played, and the difference in strength between the two teams was very obvious.

On May 29, in the second game of the Western Conference Finals, the Rockets successfully went to the next game, 120:108, with a total score of 2:0 lead.

In this game, the key to winning or losing is still Da Yao.

Thunder's starting center Perkins left the game with 6 fouls after only 23 minutes, and backup center Collison also committed 4 fouls, and the two centers combined for a total of 5 points and 7 rebounds, which is not even a fraction of Da Yao.

In the end, Da Yao, who scored 29 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks, dominated the game again.

In this game, the Thunder all three played normally, Durant scored 31 points on 11-of-17, Westbrook scored 27 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists on 10-of-24 shooting, and Harden was 10-of-13 and 10-of-12 free throws, scoring 30 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The three young scored 88 points, but still failed to win the game.

In addition to Da Yao, who scored 29 points, the Rockets also had Wang Chao, who shot 16 of 21 and 7 of 10 three-pointers, and scored 44 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

"If the Thunder can't think of a way to limit Da Yao, there won't be a glimmer of hope for them in the Western Finals."

"Sergi. It makes sense that Ibaka didn't make the best defensive player, and although he has a good ability to protect the rim and averages 3.7 blocks per game is the highest in recent years, he is useless against traditional interior play, and he is not even as effective as Perkins! ”

The big score of 2:0 has made most of the media judge the result of the Western Finals, the Thunder team is not the opponent of the Rockets, even if the Thunder Sanshao played so well, they still failed to win the game, how can they win?

Now that the center is withering, Da Yao is completely a big killer on the inside.

The Thunder faced the Spurs in the division semifinals against Tim. Duncan was not so weak as he is now.

However, Duncan himself does not belong to the strong offensive interior line, although a 45-degree board shot alone in the league, but Duncan's real strength is the balance of offense and defense.

Da Yao is different, in a sense, Da Yao, like O'Neal, is a player who has extreme characteristics and has super offensive ability.

O'Neal has unrivaled strength and tonnage, and at his peak he was invincible to the basket.

And Da Yao's advantage is naturally his height.

With a height of 2.26 meters and a soft feel and solid inside footsteps, although Da Yao's dominance under the basket is not as good as O'Neal, but looking at the league, especially after the four centers, in the past few years since Da Yao joined the league, there are very few players among the interior players who can compete with Da Yao in terms of scoring dominance under the basket!

It's a pity that Da Yao has a unique talent, but his shortcomings are more obvious than O'Neal's.

O'Neal's free throws are an Achilles' heel, and he is often taken out for military training alone, and before he meets Kobe, he has basically achieved nothing in the playoffs, and his only Finals are ruthlessly swept and crushed.

And Da Yao's weakness is naturally too little physical strength and hidden injuries.

Whether it is the Rockets or the Huaguo men's basketball team, when there is Da Yao, the first two quarters of the game are the most fierce times, because at this time, Da Yao is full of physical strength and combat effectiveness.

However, as the game progresses, the consumption of physical energy will make Da Yao's state decline rapidly, and the game can barely support in the third quarter, but it will really not work in the fourth quarter.

However, the fourth quarter is often the most critical moment, which is one of the reasons why the Rockets have not had a good time in the playoffs in the past.

Although Maddie is not a qualified leader and outside core, it is an indisputable fact that Da Yao, as the core of the inside line, often cannot play the role of the anchor at the most critical moment.

And now, with Wang Chao's Rocket Team and Da Yao, there is no need to worry about this problem.

Da Yao only needs to play the first three quarters or even the first two quarters of the game, and the rest will be handled by Wang Chao, and the team will be able to win.

You can always believe that no matter how tight the defense is and how strong the enemy is, as long as he receives the ball, there is always a way to send the ball to the basket.

No matter how many times you watch it, Rockets fans will be amazed by Wang's ability on the offensive end.

(End of chapter)