Chapter 400: The Inside Line and the Outside Line
Because of an ankle injury to interior big man Serge Ibaka, the Thunder had to remove the interior player.
In this way, Thunder's inner line is basically the kind of vacuum, and the attack power instantly drops to an extreme.
In order to protect the interior from being uncompetitive in the second half, Brooks had to call a timeout and rearrange his tactics.
If this tactic is not arranged, forget it, as soon as it is arranged, it will make the people of the Thunder feel too ridiculous.
If it weren't for the fact that Durant, the boss, respects the coach more, and Durant can understand the coach's good intentions, then Brooks would have been sprayed to death by his own players when he laid out that tactic.
Indeed, the current league has not been completely dominated by the outside line (it was not until Curry won the championship for the first time that the three-point line became the dominant league player) If it was when Qin Yan crossed over, the league at that time was already the world of small balls, and it had become fashionable in the league to pose for the "five small deaths" at that time.
It can be said that the tactics that Brooks inadvertently laid out have been perfectly combined with the later fashion trends.
If it was a few years later, Brooks's tactic would be favored by many people, but now, this tactic will only be despised when it comes out.
Moreover, on the Spurs' side, Popovich didn't know if he guessed that the Thunder would go to extremes, so he specially used a reverse tactic.
That's right, it's the inside line!
The Spurs' new tactics are arranged around the interior, Duncan, Whiteside, and Dio, yes, it's the dead fat Dior, this flexible dead fat man can also be at small forward, but this guy's style of play is more inside.
As for the outside line, the Spurs are a combination of the old demon knife Ginobili and the sports car Parker, although they are a little old, but the experience of these two is top-notch, and in defense, these two can block the opponent through cooperation, and they do not suffer.
Therefore, using these two people as the outside line, Popovich is also thoughtful, and if the physical strength of these two people can't keep up with it for a while, he is ready to go to Leonard and Qin Yan as the outside line.
The Spurs' lineup is to put all the offensive focus on the inside, and it is completely opposite to the Thunder!
Especially the Spurs' current interior line, no matter who it is, is not something that the Thunder can block.
In particular, the Thunder only have Durant who is barely a center in terms of height, and Durant is completely at a loss in terms of weight, and if Duncan or Whiteside play hard, it will be impossible to block it.
Therefore, the competition between the two teams is a duel between the inside and the outside!
When Durant came out with his teammates, he was also flustered when he saw the Spurs' lineup, and in Durant's opinion, the Spurs' lineup perfectly restrained his side!
After coming up, the Spurs' possession, Parker did not hesitate this time, and directly handed the ball to Duncan, and after Duncan held the ball, he found that it was Martin who was defending himself?!
There's no way, after all, Durant still has to keep an eye on Whiteside, and Martin can only defend Duncan.
Duncan pushed back slightly, but it was this slight top that made the defensive Martin unbearable.
Martin doesn't even weigh 90 kilograms, to be exact, he only weighs 85 kilograms......
And Uncle Duncan, he weighs 115 kilograms, which is 30 kilograms!
Don't think that 30 kilograms is a trivial matter, this is almost the difference between lightweight and super heavyweight, and Martin is more than ten centimeters shorter than Duncan, so even if Martin tries his best, there is no way to cause Duncan half a point of trouble......
It couldn't be too easy!
Duncan pushed all the way with ease, and behind him Martin was already grinning with bared teeth, red ears and red ears, and sweating profusely.
It's not a level at all! How to prevent it?!
Not to mention Martin, even if it is the same for other people who change the Thunder on the court, even Durant, who is the top in height and weight, has a weight gap of more than 10 kilograms with Duncan, and it is still unstoppable.
Duncan easily crushed from near the free-throw line to the three-second zone, then turned around and hit the board, and the ball was scored with ease.
Martin smiled wryly, there was really no way, how could he be able to block the super inside Duncan with an outside line, especially Martin's defense was not particularly good.
"It's okay, Kevin, I'll call back later." Durant patted Kevin on the shoulder, in his opinion, this kind of ball can't be blocked is too normal, if Martin can guard Duncan, it is abnormal.
Thunder's ball, Durant replaced Westbrook to control the ball, and then Westbrook and others began to run flexibly on the outside, and Coach Brooks's tactic was that as long as he ran out of the opportunity, he could shoot three-pointers on the outside.
Especially Martin, Lamb and others, these are all three-point masters, as long as there is a chance, these guys' three-point shots will be crazy!
Martin ran a full lap around the baseline, and then with Westbrook's help, Martin ran out of an empty spot!
"Next!"
Durant passed the ball directly, and the ball was very penetrating, passed through the crack smoothly, and came directly to Martin's hand!
Opportunity!
Martin was excited, he had just been hard-fed and now had a chance to fight back, and he shot very quickly, throwing the ball out of the way with a crooked machine-gun shot!
Martin's way of shooting is indeed a unique in the league, it is too rare, so ordinary people can't prevent this kind of shooting at all, Ginobili followed at the last moment, but there is still no way to stop Martin from throwing this kind of ball!
"Uhhh
Three-pointer scored!
Martin's crooked handle really deserves his reputation, no wonder he was also a fierce man who could score an average of 20+ points per game at his peak!
However, the Spurs don't care about this one goal, in their opinion, shooting three points from the outside is definitely a chance to score, and the team can't prevent the opposite side from not shooting a single ball.
But the probability of a three-point shot is relatively low, at least it can't be compared to Duncan and Whiteside's inside shots!
In particular, Whiteside is basically dunks on the inside now, and they are all empty dunks, which gives Durant a headache, because in the air battle, Durant does not have any advantage.
As for Martin, not to mention, he was almost abused by Duncan on the inside, as long as he received the ball, he pushed the inside without any mercy, and then Martin's interference shot directly, which was basically similar to the shooting under the five-man defense.
And the rest of the Spurs are basically shooting on the inside, which is to bully the Thunder and now there is no inside!
Take advantage of your illness to kill you!
But fortunately, the Thunder's outside feel good today, confirming that they can't shoot every time, but the team's three-pointers have scored a lot, looking at these three-pointers, the team barely survived, and continued to bite the Spurs without being pulled away.
But anyone can see that the thunder is just forcibly supported.
This battle between the inside and the outside, Thunder, suffers!