It is indeed a strategy for the Thunder to go on the outside to contain the Spurs inside.

It's a pity that this strategy is not popular now, and now the league still likes to combine internal and external tactics.

Moreover, at the playoff level, especially at the division finals level, any outside line will suffer a little, after all, the outside and inside lines can't hit the percentage, and it is more difficult for the outside line to get opportunities in the playoff level defense.

Therefore, even if the Thunder are now on the 5 outside lines, it is not so easy to easily win the opportunity to shoot from the outside under the defense of the Spurs.

Therefore, the Spurs played the inside line, the Thunder played the outside line, and the Thunder suffered a big loss!

Especially the two big players on the Spurs' interior line, Duncan and Whiteside, one has weight and the other can fly, no matter which one of them is the Thunder's current interior configuration can't be prevented.

You can't let Durant fight Whiteside! Although Durant's bounce and arm length are also top-notch, Whiteside's physique is more suitable for aerial combat, and Durant is still a little bit more than him.

And Martin's defense of Duncan was a tragedy, Duncan swore that it was the easiest defense he had in the Western Conference Finals since he entered the league, and there was no pressure at all!

Duncan didn't even bother to do some basic movements, and after taking the ball, he leaned behind him and could directly fly the reed-like Martin out.

Durant initially had the idea of helping Martin make up for the defense, but after estimating the physical gap between himself and Duncan, Durant also gave up this idea.

After all, Durant knows that Duncan's IQ is very high, and if he dares to make up for it casually, Whiteside behind him will hang on the basket in the next second!

Durant doesn't make up for the defense, Martin is completely unlucky, there is no temper at all without Duncan's bullying, if it weren't for Martin's crooked handle on the offensive end to shoot three-pointers, Martin may not have a sense of presence at all today.

The inside line was completely suppressed by the Spurs, and the Thunder could only seek a breakthrough on the outside, 5 three-pointers were not blown, and if everyone could be full of firepower, it would be enough for the Spurs to drink a pot.

But the "old man" duo on the outside of the Spurs is quite experienced, and the two of them basically don't give the opposing person an easy chance to shoot.

What's even more terrifying is that these two old guys on the outside of the Spurs can also shoot three-pointers, and when defending, the Thunder people have to prevent these two old guys from releasing cold arrows.

Duncan's side turned the world upside down on the inside, and Durant and Westbrook were anxious in their eyes, so when attacking, Durant and Westbrook also frequently rushed inside!

The Thunder and the second less are now betting on everything, after all, after Ibaka goes down, the Thunder is really bad luck in this game, if the double less can't create a kill on the inside, and then hit the Spurs' inside, then it will be very difficult next.

And the Spurs' inside, except for Whiteside, Dior and Duncan are all that kind of old fritters, so the two of them won't foul casually, except for Whiteside, a guy who is a bit two, and occasionally commits one or two times, the Spurs' interior line basically has zero fouls.

The impact on the inside line is not smooth, and the outside line cannot be opened, and the Thunder team is really a bit of a poor donkey now.

"Kevin, that's a real problem."

Westbrook and Durant bit their ears, there was no way, they played almost halftime, and now the situation is firmly grasped by the Spurs, and the Thunder tried every possible way to chase it, but they never caught up.

It's like a drowning person, you can see the surface of the water when you look up, but you can't get out of the water.

If it's okay in the short term, but in the long run, the drowning man will probably lose the desire to survive and eventually sink directly into the sea.

At the end of the half, the Thunder team was almost ten points behind the Spurs, and the two had tried their best, Durant scored 20+ in the first half, and Westbrook also scored 15+5, which is a very good offensive point guard data, and the two of them combined to score almost 40 points!

This ability is very powerful among all the duos.

It's a pity that except for the two of them, the Thunder didn't score 20 points combined.

On the other hand, the Spurs did not have more than 20+, but in the first half, the whole team had 5 double-doubles.

The Spurs are pure all-team offense, all together, collective scoring, collective defense.

At halftime, both Westbrook and Durant complained to Coach Brooks.

"Coach, you really can't fight anymore! I can't stand it at all! ”

Westbrook is very helpless, there is really no way, he and Durant have tried their best, but they still can't stop the Spurs' big attack.

"Yes, coach, I really can't stop it, the accuracy of the outside line can't be guaranteed, and the inside line on the opposite side is too fierce!"

Durant now feels that his body is already blue and purple, when he fought against Duncan and Whiteside just now, Durant has done his best, Whiteside and Duncan, the two guys, are hard, and let go of the fight, and hit the inside line desperately, Durant is using his thin body to fight hard with these two guys.

In this way, there must be more physical confrontations, and Durant's style of play is not the kind of play that relies on muscles, so now it is very troublesome to force the use of physical play.

Westbrook is a little better than Durant, he hits Parker more easily, Parker can't stop him, he rushes straight in and lays or dunks are very easy.

But the problem is, even if Westbrook goes in, he can't do too much damage, and the Spurs don't foul, so what can you do?

If it weren't for the fact that Whiteside was indeed a little tender and then forced to draw two fouls, Westbrook's impact tactics in the first half would have been shaved.

Coach Brooks is also sweating in his palms and back, there is really no way, this tactic is also the first time he has used it, and he doesn't know what the effect is.

Judging from the current situation, this effect is not good, but Coach Brooks has no choice, and now there is no one in his hands!!

"Kevin, Russell, hold on, hold on for a while, and then Kendrick can go up."

Coach Brooks can only ask Durant and Westbrook to help, this is the biggest card in his hand, if neither of them can do anything, then Brooks has no choice.

Durant and Westbrook are helpless, but they also know that they can't blame the coach, who has done his best.

So when the third quarter started, the two felt more pressure, thinking that the Spurs had replaced their outside line with Leonard, Qin Yan and Parker, among which the defensive combination of Qin Yan and Leonard was even more top-notch!

Durant and Westbrook are like boats in a storm, already crumbling.

I can't stop it, I really can't stop it!!