Thunder offensive round.

Westbrook had just taken the ball and attacked for a round without much difficulty.

So Durant also felt that he could do it, and signaled to Westbrook that he wanted the ball, and Westbrook did not hesitate to give the ball directly to Durant.

However, this time in the face of Iguodala's defense, Durant did not have the confidence to play alone, but called Gobert to come.

Regardless of Gobert's shortcomings, his screen quality is due to his generous frame, which does provide a very comfortable pick-and-roll for his teammates on the offensive end.

If it weren't for Gobert's advantage, the Thunder wouldn't even know what to do with Gobert.

Regardless, Gobert can create a shooting environment for Durant on offense, and then protect the rim when he can grab a rebound under the basket to defend.

This is already stronger than Ibaka, at least functionally.

Even Iguodala may not be able to squeeze Gobert's defense well, and even if he barely squeezes through, it will be difficult to interfere with Durant's shot.

But Gobert didn't bring up the cover at the first time, but reached out to Durant for the ball.

It's not that Gobert can't recognize who is the boss of this team, as a rookie who was traded, he dared to ask for a position because Gobert found out that it was Butler who was defending him.

This is clearly a misplaced opportunity.

To give or not to give?

Durant thought about it for a while, but chose to give.

After all, Gobert is such a big man, isn't it easy to beat Butler?

It was also when the ball was given, and Butler continued to increase the confrontation against Gobert, which made Gobert stumble directly when he received the ball.

This imbalance in the center of gravity made Gobert even more unstable to catch the ball, and the butter hand attribute reappeared.

Gobert slapped the ball twice in a row but couldn't hold it firm.

But at this time, Giannis Antetokounmpo had already swept over, directly increasing the confrontation force and Gobert grabbed a mess.

Butler also ran straight over and intercepted the ball while Giannis Antetokounmpo and Gobert were battling for possession.

After Butler grabbed the ball, he didn't stop and ran all the way with the ball.

However, with the lesson of being beaten by the Timberwolves before, the Thunder's ball has also shrunk quickly, except for Gobert, all of which have shrunk back.

Butler slowed down, apparently trying to organize a positional offensive attack.

But just as the Thunder players relaxed their vigilance, Butler made another sudden acceleration and rushed into the interior.

The people of the Thunder also hurriedly went to help defend.

Butler just threw his body to the basket and played very hard.

Honk!

The ball didn't go in, but Butler caused a foul.

One of two free throws.

Timberwolves 8:2 Thunder.

Scott Brooks, who was on the sidelines, grinned with an expression that he couldn't bear to look at directly.

Although he already knew about Gobert's butter hand problem, he didn't expect that just Butler's confrontation with Gobert could have such a big impact.

At the same time, Scott Brooks was also on the sidelines, shouting a tactical code at Durant.

Durant immediately understood, and made a tactical gesture.

Su Chen on the other side smiled slightly.

He asked Butler to defend Gobert, in fact, there were two intentions.

The first intention is to guide the Thunder to pass the ball directly to Gobert, Gobert's ability, Su Chen knows it too well.

Gobert, whether in the post-Jazz period or the 10-for-10 Timberwolves period, if you follow the games of these two teams, you can often find an interesting thing.

That is, Gobert was misplaced under the basket, and Gobert stretched out his arms to ask his teammates for the ball.

But his teammates just didn't give it to him, and the coach didn't say anything that he should give the ball to Gobert, and everyone had a very normal expression.

On the contrary, some commentators who rarely explain about Gobert's games, when they find out about this situation, they will say something for no reason.

Like what.

"Why don't you give this ball to Gobert."

"Gobert is empty under the basket, why didn't the xx player pass to Gobert just now."

"This game is really worthless for Gobert, Gobert has so many opportunities to play big and small, and the Jazz/Timberwolves players just don't pass him."

Many people who don't watch these two teams often will even complain about Gobert after watching the game.

In the Jazz Mitchell does not give him the ball, in the Timberwolves Huazi does not give him the ball.

But in fact, many of the so-called big and small opportunities that Gobert appeared were deliberately set by the opposing coach.

Passing the ball to Gobert is a trap.

The reason why Gobert is like this is not only because of Gobert's butter hands, but the biggest reason for his butter hands is his lack of core strength in the final analysis.

Under the confrontation between the same interior players, Gobert will be stumbled if he is slightly traumatized.

Then he really played against the small man and got the ball, and if the opponent was a powerful forward, Gobert would have been difficult to score the ball.

Causing a foul or just not putting it in is normal for Gobert.

He can only really put in or not put in when he is playing at guard but cause a foul.

Su Chen was able to use Gobert so well before because Giannis Antetokounmpo had cleared the obstacles for Gobert and was still receiving empty passes.

Gobert has the height and reach and a certain amount of pace, and the defense is pulled apart by Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Gobert reduces the matchup.

Whether it's an empty catch or a rebounding secondary offense, most of the time it's done without confrontation.

If there is no confrontation in the NBA, Gobert can be said to be the No. 1 center, and his height and arm span athleticism are very strong.

As for the second meaning of letting Butler defend against Gobert.

Su Chen looked at the field and smiled slightly.

Because of the situation on the field, it is moving towards his preset plan.

Durant held the ball outside the three-point line, and when he saw Gobert reaching out for the ball under the basket again, he didn't plan to give Gobert but made a gesture for Gobert to come forward to block it.

Gobert is a little emotional, but on the court, Durant is the boss of this team.

As an outsider, he is still not angry with Durant.

Although he can boxe Anderson in the Timberwolves, he is much gentler in the face of Huazi, who has taken over the baton from the team's boss.

Durant asked Gobert to block the pick-and-roll, and Gobert also came to block the pick-and-roll.

Originally, Durant felt that with Gobert's level of pick-and-roll coverage, he could easily help him block Iguodala behind him.

But Iguodala didn't go around the block at all, but stuck directly in front of Gobert, and the defense of Durant became Butler.

No matter how to block and dismantle, the Timberwolves adopted a strategy of switching defenses.

After two pick-and-rolls, Durant found that he couldn't get a chance at all, so he simply let Gobert go down.

At least let Goebel bring the annoying Iguodala in.

When he went down, Gobert asked for the ball, but Durant ignored him at all.

Durant is going to single-handedly Butler.

There are not many people in this league who can defend him, and it can even be said that there are none.

Iguodala couldn't guard him before, and somehow, he was suddenly able to guard against him.

Iguodala is not good to fight, he can't beat Butler?

Is it true that he is the scoring champion in the league for a second time, is he a vegetarian?

Any one of the Timberwolves can prevent him?

Are you kidding!

Can't clean him up, can't clean you up?

(End of chapter)