Chapter 884: Lore Defeat
Elevator tactics.
As the name suggests, it is like two elevator doors, blocking defenders out and giving teammates a chance to shoot in an open space.
Such a tactic is between covering fouls and not fouling.
Some people say that this covers the foul, and some people think that it is not a foul.
The league's attitude towards this is that as long as there is no deliberate pull or the like when covering, it is not considered a foul.
But this tactic is a bit of a rogue.
If this tactic is used regularly, there are many ways for defenders to deal with it, such as getting close to each other and not giving any chance, or narrowing the encirclement, or committing a foul outright.
But suddenly with such a tactic, the effect is obvious.
Looking back, Durant and Ibaka played a block and dismantle offense, but only blocked, not dismantled, Durant forced a shot under the basket and made a foul successfully.
2-of-2 from the free-throw line.
Qin Yang broke through, attracted the defense and passed to Ray Allen, who passed to Rudy Guy who cut in the air, and Rudy Guy went straight to the basket as if he had endless energy.
But with Ibaka's defense, the basketball bounced out of the frame.
Darko gets the rebound and hooks it directly.
Durant jumped forward and fouled.
Darko made free throws, 1-of-2.
The Thunder team attacked, and at the critical moment, Westbrook's passing route was too obvious, Qin Yang decisively stepped forward to steal, and after the steal, Qin Yang shot a long-distance three-pointer and hit it again.
The two teams are in a bloody hand-to-hand fight under the basket, and points are contested.
At this time, the key role of Qin Yang is reflected.
Whether it's scoring, assisting, or covering teammates, they all play a key role.
In the final half minute, the Kings trailed by one minute.
Westbrook attacks with the ball, and as long as this goal is scored, the suspense of this game is not big.
At the critical moment, Westbrook ignored Kevin Durant's request and went straight to single.
Directly changed direction and accelerated to break through Ray Allen, Qin Yang stepped forward to assist in the defense, Westbrook immediately retreated, retreated outside the three-point line, and slowly made a gesture of worshipping Buddha.
Everyone thought it was a feint.
Qin Yang pounced directly from the side.
As a result, Westbrook jumped.
Three-point shot.
Bang!
Qin Yang's hat went down.
A beautiful grab hat.
After getting the ball, Qin Yang immediately called a timeout.
Coach Van Gundy immediately took out the tactics board and began to explain the tactics to the players:
'There's one last chance to strike, everybody cheer up, Bruce, you're in control of the last ball, it's no problem to shoot yourself or pass the ball to somebody else.'
In the last seconds, all the complicated tactics became clouds.
Coach Van Gundy is a veteran driver and knows what to do.
The simplest and most straightforward way is effective at this time.
Qin Yang was caught in the bag.
On the final offense, Durant and Westbrook both rushed up, which was the tactical choice of the Thunder coach.
Since Qin Yang became the boss of the team, he has made many regular season kills.
Even if your teammates are better positioned?
Qin Yang also chose to shoot by himself.
At the last moment, Qin Yang dared to take responsibility, or was very lonely, a bit like Kobe, so the Thunder team dared to choose this.
Bag clip, don't give Qin Yang any chance.
Durant is ready to provoke at any time and not let go of Qin Yang's breakthrough, while Westbrook is watching from the sidelines.
If Qin Yang breaks through, Westbrook will instantly go up to strengthen the confrontation.
In the last few seconds, even if Westbrook was about to hit Qin Yang, the referee would not blow the penalty.
It is the league's consistent agreement to give the ball to the players at critical moments.
Therefore, this ball Qin Yang is very difficult to handle.
At this time, Qin Yang chose to pass the ball and passed the ball directly to Lei Allen, who was in the vacant position.
Ray Allen raised his knife and dropped his hand.
All the players were stunned.
Even the Thunder players and coaches couldn't understand why Qin Yang would pass the ball? You should go on your own, complete the final lore by yourself, and either become a hero or fail.
Of course, failures are the majority.
At critical moments, few people can just hit under this kind of pressure.
Lore, most of the time it's a balloon.
But...... The next moment.
Bang!
The basketball smashed the basket, bounced out, the ball was in the air, the red light sounded, Darko raised high, and when he got the rebound, the game was over.
Lore Failure!
The Thunder won the game 1-0 at home in the first place.
After the Kings lost, Ray Allen was extremely disappointed, holding his head and not knowing what to do, an empty three-pointer at a critical moment turned out to be iron.
If the ball goes in, it's a perfect kill.
It's a goal that should be scored.
Ray Allen was frustrated.
Qin Yang stepped forward and patted Lei Alun on the shoulder to comfort Lei Alun, and the others also surrounded him and expressed their relief to Lei Alun.
In fact, when it's time to kill, no one knows what will happen.
Everyone thought that Qin Yang would shoot by himself, even if it was under defensive pressure, Lei Allen thought so, so when he finally received the ball, Lei Allen was not prepared enough, and when he shot, he was not stable enough, and shook it for a while.
At the end of the game, Qin Yang and his teammates hugged Durant and Harden.
In this game, Qin Yang lost a little aggrieved.
Post-match press conference.
Qin Yang's choice of his last ball was very flat:
"It was just a pass, an ordinary pass, just the time was at the last moment, Ray didn't shoot that three-pointer, which is in the normal range, it can't be all three-pointers, basketball is round, everything is possible."
Ray Allen was annoyed by his last shot:
"It was a shot that should have been shot, and if it did, we would have had the advantage in this series, which was a big blow to me."
Of course, when facing questions from the media, Qin Yang was also angry.
'It's not a mistake, I can choose to shoot at the last minute or pass at the last minute, it's just a simple choice and it doesn't matter if I can take responsibility for the team. I think the team will make a last-minute shot when they need it. ”
At the press conference after the game, many media had opinions on Qin Yang's choice of the last ball.
Even Westbrook made a statement at this time:
"If it were me, I would choose to shoot, and at the critical moment of the team, if I need to step up, I will definitely not be cowardly, I will shoot resolutely, even if it is useless."
Westbrook is demolishing the stage with Qin Yang.
On the contrary, Durant and Harden expressed their support for Qin Yang.
Durant:
"It's just an offense, fundamentally, it's no different from other offenses, and if Ray Allen had made that goal, we would have been losers, but Ray Allen didn't hit, and it had nothing to do with the mistakes, and I don't think Bruce's choice was wrong."
James Harden:
"At that point it wasn't a mistake for Bruce to make any choice, if it was me, at that point, would have chosen to pass the ball as well, and there was a league top shooter open next to him? Why not pass the ball? Read the latest chapters, stay tuned