msmithbooks Chapter 1013 Thunder VS Blazers
Chapter 1013 Thunder VS Blazers
Chapter 1013 Thunder VS Blazers
Not only the double guns, the current starting center of the Trail Blazers is Kanter...
Many fans are already thinking about that scene, that is, Xie Kai holds the ball, picks and rolls CJ or Lillard, and then targets Kanter...
God, do we still want to live?I wonder if Xie Kai will show mercy to his old teammates?
Of course, the Blazers may not let Kanter start and Collins start, but all of this is uncertain, depending on how coach Stotts arranges.
The attention of this round of the series is naturally much higher than that of the first round. Putting aside the suspense, the Blazers have superstars, and the two guns can still play well. After all, the Rockets defeated the light bulb and entered the second round. It's not a person who has a reputation for nothing.
Before the start of the series, Lillard still seemed very confident and tough in an interview: "I don't think we have no chance. Since we can beat the Houston Rockets, why can't we beat OKC?"
On the evening of April 4th, at the Ford Center Arena in Oklahoma City.
The scene was crowded with people, and there were already no empty seats.The fact that the Thunder's tickets are so tight is also something that makes fans who can't buy tickets very uncomfortable.Tickets are too tight, even scalpers don't have any tickets.Some tickets have also been fired to sky-high prices.
There are also quite a few people who support the Blazers online. Some people are tired of the Thunder winning the championship all the time and want a team to stop them.The overall strength of the Blazers is certainly not enough to compete for the championship, but this team's explosive power is too strong. Indeed, if it is said to attack, their impact is enough to threaten the Thunder. At least in terms of offense, the two guns did explode.
The game was broadcast live on Tencent, and the host Duan Ran and the guest Su Qun were responsible for the commentary.
"Ms. Su's game is the first game of the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. What do you think the Trail Blazers need to do well as an away game?" Duan Ran asked.
Su Qun said: "We know that the Blazers are a team where Lillard and CJ McCollum control the offense in the backcourt. Their starting striker's shooting ability is not good, so they can't open up space, which will affect Lillard's performance. So the barometer of the Trail Blazers offense is the shooting percentage of these two forwards, without the shooting percentage, it is difficult for them to stand up to the Thunder."
Duan Ran continued to ask: "Mr. Su, do you think the Trail Blazers will send CJ to defend against Xie Kai?"
Su Qun smiled: "CJ's position is really embarrassing. If he doesn't guard Xie Kai, he has to guard Paul George. Lillard's defense is worse than him, and he can't help him. If you don't guard the Big Three, go It is even more disadvantageous to defend against the height of the inside line. Although Patterson is not a very good inside line in the low post, but your CJ is only 1 meters, what should you do if he goes to the low post?"
Kanter is an old Thunder player, and he has a great relationship with his old teammates.When Durant left the team, he also spoke for Westbrook and publicly slammed Durant.
The Thunder really don't have the money to renew Kanter. If his salary is the same as that of veteran Collison, they will definitely not let him go.
So when he came to the Ford Center Arena, Kanter's former teammates all came over to hug him and greet him. Although they were no longer teammates, they were still friends.He also participated in the Chinese training camp that Xie opened before the season, which is enough to show the relationship between everyone.
The starting lineup of both sides will be announced soon.
The Thunder are still the old starters-Big Three + Duck + Patterson.
The starting lineup of the Trail Blazers in the away game is: center - Enes Kanter, power forward - Aminu, small forward - Hallex, shooting guard - CJ McCollum, point guard - — Damian Lillard.
The answer to the mystery was revealed, and Kanter served as the starting center.
Some experts have revealed before that the Trail Blazers Stotts team believes that Kanter, as a veteran of the Thunder, is very familiar with the opponent's Big Three, and reusing him may have unexpected effects.Rather than being conservative, it is better to be aggressive, because if the Blazers are conservative, they have no chance in this round of the series.
Kanter and Duck prepare the jump ball near the middle circle, and the game is about to start.
When the two were in the Thunder, one was a substitute and the other was a starter.Kanter was the No. 10 pick back then, so in terms of offensive talent, he was 5 blocks away.It's just that in terms of defense, although Duck is only [-] blocks ahead of him, as a center forward, defense is too important...
The Thunder don't need too many low post offenses. Kanter's low post will only block the team's offensive space. If he plays low post, Westbrook will not be able to break through, let alone the defensive end is full of loopholes.
The jump ball started, Duck beat Kanter with the jump ball, and the Thunder won the first wave of offensive ball.
Westbrook dribbles over and organizes an offense at the top of the arc.
It was CJ who opened the defense!
Coach Stotts was in a difficult situation. Of course he knew that it was not a good choice for CJ to guard Xie Kai, but the problem was that he had no other candidates!If the Thunder's small forward is Robertson, he can of course let Harkless play against Xie Kai, but the problem is that the opponent's small forward is Paul George, the All-Star starter of this season!
Pickle is in very good condition this season, reaching the best individual performance since coming to the Thunder.Therefore, he also has a lot of credit for the Thunder to create a historical record this season.
Westbrook and the duck egg pick and roll, this is the way he is used to launching offense.
Unexpectedly, it was not Kanter who came out to defend the pick-and-roll, but Aminu who played the 4th position.
Aminu is 206cm tall, graduated from Wake Forest University, and has dual citizenship of the United States and Nigeria.In college, he performed very well. In the 2009-10 season, he averaged 15.8 points (ranked first on the team), 10.7 rebounds and 4.4 blocks per game, the only player in the Atlantic Coast League who averaged two games per game. Double inside player, the number of rebounds per game ranked first in the Atlantic Coast League, becoming the first player in the history of Wake Forest University to achieve this achievement since the 1997 dull.To this end, he was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Second Team and was nominated to the All-American Team by the Associated Press.
In the 2010 draft, Aminu was selected by the Clippers with the 8th overall pick in the first round.
本赛季，阿米奴场均可以得到9.4分7.5个篮板1.3个助攻，投篮命中率43.3%，3分球命中率为34.3%。
Aminu is swinging at the 3/4 position. He has outstanding athletic ability, has height and wingspan, and moves fast. His flaw is that he lacks a fresh move.Because once you are not a star player, you need to have special skills when the ball is limited.He's not as skilled offensively as a similarly sized Jeff Green, and he's not as efficient, either from the mid-range or from 3-point range.At that time, I expected him to develop the ability to attack with the ball. Now he is still a semi-finished product, capable of attacking, but his efficiency is not good, he cannot absorb a lot of ball possessions, and he is still a role player.
In the NBA, young athletic strikers like Aminu are not uncommon. When you are young, you can still rely on your athletic ability to earn a living from the middle class. When you get older, it will be difficult to survive without developing a stable shooting.
(End of this chapter)