Only Durant himself understood the extent of Iguodala's impact on him just now.

Durant has been playing too smoothly lately, almost to the point of being unstoppable.

From the previous scoring title, until now, the real-time ranking of MVP is far ahead of the second place.

Durant wants to score, and almost no one in the entire league stops him.

But today's Iguodala surprised Durant.

It's not like the Thunder haven't played the Nuggets before, but that was only in the regular season, and the Nuggets didn't let Iguodala have such a big gap with him to play against him.

Occasionally, Iguodala was not so defensive about him at the time, and he also adopted the league's usual defensive approach to him.

For Durant, Iguodala is a defender who has no impression, but that moment really made Durant feel like he is out of control of his shot.

And this time the Timberwolves have the ball.

The Thunder, on their side, chose to let Gobert go against Giannis Antetokounmpo.

And he believed in Gobert's defense very much, and did not let the wing players have any behavior against Giannis Antetokounmpo.

There are not even ordinary delays, false defenses and other strategies.

Scott Brooks almost made it clear that he thinks Gobert can guard you Giannis Antetokounmpo and see if you can take it.

The Timberwolves didn't open the game with a team boss to play a tradition, after all, the Timberwolves don't have an orthodox team boss.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is the core of the established, but he's only a rookie after all.

Giannis Antetokounmpo seemed a little hesitant, but at this time, Su Chen on the sidelines shouted loudly.

Originally, the first ball, the Timberwolves were going to play tactics.

After Su Chen yelled and pulled away, everyone dispersed, making room on one side.

This made Giannis Antetokounmpo feel a little grateful, but he didn't expect Su Chen to make an exception for him, and the tradition of strict tactics at the beginning.

After Su Chen on the sidelines shouted to pull away, he continued to watch quietly.

Although he deliberately cut back on the player's single rounds, even when Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler wanted to break through, they would move with the team's tactics.

Unlike the Thunder, most of the time it is a team where Durant and Westbrook rely on their individual abilities.

But this does not mean that others have put on a relatively weaker set of counterpoints, and Su Chen is still old-fashioned and does not let the players play this counterpoint.

Even Gobert, who is in his prime, can't do a good job of defending Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Gobert's speed and sensitivity are much worse than Giannis Antetokounmpo's, and what Gobert can do a lot of the time is to raise his arms high to make Giannis Antetokounmpo's layup as difficult as possible.

With Gobert's agility, it would have been easy for Giannis Antetokounmpo to take down the game with six straight fouls.

And it's just the rookie Gobert.

And Giannis Antetokounmpo is the peak of 80% Giannis Antetokounmpo after the [ability value is fixed].

Looking for this group of counterparts, Su Chen was happy to take it.

However, after all, Gobert has played with Giannis Antetokounmpo for so long, and he is more familiar with Giannis Antetokounmpo's ball path, and the first Giannis Antetokounmpo's punching the frame really interfered with Gobert.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is playing team tactics most of the time, and it is a little uncomfortable to have a single privilege all of a sudden.

The ability value has reached 80% of the peak, but in terms of mentality, it is still the mentality of rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Su Chen didn't blame Giannis Antetokounmpo either, the most important thing for a rookie is confidence, and this fight against Gobert is a good confidence build.

Thunder offensive round.

Westbrook possessed the ball past half and signaled for the team to continue pulling away when he passed the half.

After pulling away, he gave the ball to Durant.

Westbrook's idea is very simple, that is, Durant didn't score a single shot just now, which is a bit of a loss of face.

This ball directly pulled everyone away and gave Durant back face.

Originally, Gobert wanted to come up and block Durant, but he was directly waved by Westbrook and made him squat back under the basket.

When giving Durant the ball, Westbrook gave Durant a look and motioned for him to hit back.

Westbrook's hospitality was hard to resist, and after Durant received the ball, he could only barely continue to play alone.

In fact, when Durant saw Gobert coming over just now, he was already thinking about how to find an opportunity through Gobert's blocking.

But he watched Westbrook and directly scolded Gobert back.

He can't call Goebel back again.

Although Gobert is a rookie, he is not treated as a toy by the second young man.

Let's fight!

Durant got the ball, and his teammates pulled him away, so he had to play if he didn't play.

And Durant is a person who wants to compete for MVP this season, how can he be backed down by a player of Iguodala's level!

But this time, Durant played a lot smarter.

He wants to use the threat of shooting to be able to break through directly.

But Iguodala had already received instructions from Su Chen before the game, and he must be sure to get his game in the face of Durant.

Durant's shot, Iguodala didn't care at all, anyway, he resisted Durant's next handicap.

If Durant wants to make a jumper, he will have to be pushed down by Iguodala.

I want to break through, but I can't top Iguodala in the next handicap, and I can't squeeze through.

It's been more than ten seconds to single Iguodala, which makes Durant a little embarrassed, and he makes a breakthrough pull back and pulls it out directly.

But Iguodala didn't shake at all, still holding Durant's bottom game, and then defending Durant's face.

After Durant threw the ball, he fell to the ground and looked at the referee to signal that Iguodala had committed a foul.

But the referee also saw very clearly that Iguodala was not moving forward after the confrontation.

Durant's shooting cylinder was not violated, and Iguodala's face was not a close-range dangerous face like Battier, but a more distant one.

Clang!

The ball hits the iron again.

Durant fell to the ground, still fouled.

But the Timberwolves, on the other hand, seized this opportunity to play more and play less.

Giannis Antetokounmpo's big shot shot was unstoppable.

At the same time, the Timberwolves players are making strategies in different positions, allowing the Thunder to make defensive choices.

The Timberwolves are on a fast offense, while on the Thunder's side, Gobert is running slowly, and Durant is still on the ground.

It's equal to a five-on-three frontcourt.

Giannis Antetokounmpo rushed in, drew the defender and gave the ball to Iguodala, who was following up.

Iguodala didn't attack on his own, but threw the ball into the air.

Bang!

Ibaka followed up and completed an empty dunk directly.

Sofrosa tried to complete the block, but was directly knocked to the ground by the former teammate.

Soflosa's defense was not bad, but he had a tonnage gap with Ibaka.

Honk!

The referee's whistle also sounded, and this was still a 2+1 buckle.

Serge Ibaka walked to the free throw line and completed the free throw.

Timberwolves 3:0 Thunder.

Honk!

Scott Brooks called a timeout.

Generally speaking, even in the playoffs, it is rare to call a timeout after the first few rounds.

But Scott Brooks really saw the problem this time and had to call this timeout.

Originally, when he made the first shot, he also thought that Durant had a bad hand and didn't shoot.

But judging from the ball just now, Durant didn't shoot it because of a bad hand, but really didn't shoot it because of defensive problems.

After all, it stands to reason that Durant chooses to shoot the first ball, and if the opponent does not interfere, then Durant can still choose to shoot the second ball.

The difference in body shape between him and Iguodala cannot be interfered with once, nor can it be interfered with the second time.

However, in the second round, Durant obviously resisted the way of pulling out on the spot, and chose to dribble and break through for more than ten seconds without breaking through.

Although that shot was a forced choice that could not be rushed, in fact, Iguodala still did not block Durant.

But Durant still didn't go in.

Scott Brooks is a chicken soup coach, but sometimes it's more of a babysitter coach who knows his players very well.

He understands that this is not Durant's regular state.

So there was a problem on offense, and Scott Brooks also felt that he needed to call this timeout to reorganize the team's problems.

At the same time, it is also because Ibaka, a veteran of the Thunder, has just completed such a momentum action as a dunk, and calling a timeout is also to disrupt the opponent's momentum.

The commentary bench was also a little surprised because of the round shown at the beginning.

"I'm sure, the Thunder didn't play back-to-back games today, didn't they have a day off?"

"Durant's state is indescribable, is there a defender in front of him?"

Johnson said with some incomprehension.

"Haha, did Durant go somewhere to indulge at night and not slow down?"

O'Neill joked.

"Maybe his former teammate Harden introduced him there, but is there any fun nightclub in Minnesota when it's so cold."

Barkley also said with a smile.

"No, if you look closely at the defense, you can see that Durant's shooting action is actually a bit awkward."

And at this time, Kenny Smith said what he saw.

Although Kenny Smith's NBA achievements are not as good as theirs, the two championships were also won as role players.

But Kenny Smith is a shooter, and he has a keen sense of shooting hand.

Like O'Neal, who has a high achievement, but can't understand the free throws, don't expect him to do such a detailed observation.

"But Iguodala didn't trespass on his cylinder?"

O'Neill asked, a little confused.

O'Neal also knew that Kenny Smith was a professional shooter, and O'Neal still humbly asked this kind of incomprehensible question.

"I don't know, but it should be the jump against that that deformed Durant's shooting action."

Kenny Smith couldn't give an answer to this question.

After all, for so many years, Durant has given the impression that there is no solution.

To enter or not to enter depends on his own feel.

"The moment you jump, you can have such a big impact if you are disturbed?"

Barkley said incredulously.

O'Neill's face was also incredible.

Because whether it is Barkley or O'Neal, their basketball careers are power hunk players.

Confrontation like that kind is like tickling for them.

Now Kenny Smith tells them that Durant is so tickled that he even shoots out of shape.

It's more than they realize.

Kenny Smith is also speechless and doesn't know how to explain it to them.

After all, O'Neal has two or three people hanging on him, and he can still complete the dunk, can he understand these things when he tells him?

Normal mineral water bottles, in his hands, are like oral liquids, so that they can understand the world of ordinary people.

But this is the time when the moratorium is over.

Kenny Smith doesn't have to continue to talk to them about this difficult question.

Thunder ball possession.

After passing the timeout just now, the Thunder did not continue this time with Durant forcing the play.

Scott Brooks also learned from Durant's mouth just now, his true feelings.

For Durant's weakness, Scott Brooks actually knows a little, but there are few other teams in the league to target Durant's lower limb weakness, so he doesn't care.

He didn't even think about it.

Some of the Thunder's major playoff opponents have not studied Durant's deep targeting.

The Timberwolves are a rebuilding team, okay, and it's not idle to come to study Durant's plan?

"Could it be that Su Chen is not only very confident in entering the playoffs, but is even already studying the playoffs opponents in advance?"

Thinking of this, Scott Brooks glanced at Su Chen on the other side.

Isn't that a bit too arrogant?

Shouldn't the Timberwolves think first, can they make the playoffs?

Even if you want to make the playoffs and think about winning the regular season, you should also study some opponents in the card battle.

The Mavericks, Grizzlies, and even the Trail Blazers, the second-tier teams in the West, should be opponents that the Timberwolves study more, not the Thunder.

The Thunder is obviously a team in the first echelon, and it is obviously not cost-effective to spend so much effort to win one or two games against the Thunder.

Scott Brooks really can't think of Su Chen having nothing to think about what purpose to target Durant.

And this is a plan that many teams have not come up with, and Su Chen has figured it out.

This made Scott Brooks not dare to let Durant carry the ball too much to face Iguodala this time.

Not afraid of the Timberwolves.

Instead, I am afraid that the Spurs, Clippers, and Warriors, the main opponents of the Thunder this season, will understand this trick.

It's just two rounds now, an ordinary regular season, and even video analysis doesn't necessarily analyze this.

This time it was Westbrook who had the ball.

Westbrook pretended to be nonchalant, looking at the position of the whole team, and then there was a sudden change of tempo, and it accelerated directly.

Butler didn't actually shake up, but Westbrook's absolute speed is just that fast.

Carrying Butler's defense, Westbrook scored the goal.

Timberwolves 3:2 Thunder.

Butler's defense of this ball is still good, Su Chen nodded on the sidelines and did not make adjustments.

Durant and Westbrook, two players, are future MVP players, and now their strength has entered the peak, but they are just short of winning MVP.

After all, this is Westbrook's sixth season and Durant's seventh.

However, the Timberwolves' defense hasn't really come up yet.

Su Chen plans to change the defensive system later, and now it is the defensive strategy of the first man to man.

Timberwolves ball possession.

The Thunder are still taking Gobert and defending Giannis Antetokounmpo.

During the timeout, Su Chen let Giannis Antetokounmpo attack more resolutely, and could consider making more fouls on Gobert.

Gobert's agility is so poor that unless he dodges the defense, Giannis Antetokounmpo can still get a foul on Gobert.

However, Gobert did not foul this ball.

He raised his hands in the air, but Giannis Antetokounmpo rushed at him, which made Gobert subconsciously go for the block.

But at this time, Giannis Antetokounmpo used his agility to dodge, and then rebounded to the basket.

Timberwolves 5:2 Thunder.

(End of chapter)