Chapter 733 [Three Young Performances, Overall Suppression]
Griffin passed the ball to Korver, who was running to 70 degrees from the bottom left corner, and Ibaka followed, but Korver shook off and passed the ball to Guy, who moved to the left low post and turned his back to the ball.
Guy caught the ball with his back and hit Severoza and turned around for a step-back jumper to the Clippers in the middle.
Sefrosa judged accurately, jumped up to seal the eye, and the ball bounced out of the frame, and Westbrook grabbed the rebound in the backcourt.
Westbrook didn't care what the rhythm was, he immediately launched a fast attack and rushed forward at full speed.
Paul didn't lose his position and followed him all the way to the backcourt, Durant and Ibaka were also fast, Westbrook didn't pass the ball, and the right side changed to a one-step stop-and-go jump shot inside the three-point line, avoiding Paul to block the ball and score. 8 to 4.
Westbrook's style of play and attacking options are often unreasonable, but he is a well-known master of prowess, just the ability to score.
The Clippers attacked, and the Thunder were no longer out of position, and they could only find a misplaced single opportunity after a few passes.
When you're defending tightly, heads-up is a good tactic. The Clippers rely on the trident of Gay, Paul, and Griffin, and the Thunder rely on Durant and Westbrook.
The Clippers had a slight advantage, Griffin and Paul's blocking made Perkins very uncomfortable, the Thunder lacked three-point attraction from the outside, and the two less breakthroughs would be caught near the restricted area.
If Sefrosa can shoot a three-pointer, it will be a painful blow for the Clippers, but Sefrosa is too poor offensively, and two open shots from beyond the three-point line missed the basket.
In the second half, Brooks replaced Harden, and the offense was immediately much stronger. Yang Rui also replaced Korver and sent Tony Allen to pester Harden.
Although the Clippers have one less three-point point and their offensive power has decreased, their defense has strengthened a lot, and Tony Allen is the nemesis of people like Harden, who can't comfortably receive passes, and can't get rid of them after receiving the ball, so he can only shoot at people.
The Clippers led 26-20 in the first quarter, with Griffin scoring 8 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Gay scoring 6 points and 2 assists, Paul scoring 4 points and 4 assists, Battier scoring 6 points, and Tony Allen, who came off the bench, also scoring 2 points.
The Thunder side was completely a three-less performance, with Durant 9 points, Westbrook 8 points, and Harden 3 points.
In the second quarter, the Clippers sent Curry, Tony Allen, Korver, Parsons, and Chandler.
The Thunder five are Fisher, Harden, Daquane Cook, Durant, Nick Collisson.
In his rookie season, point guard Reggie Jackson played in 46 regular season games for the Thunder, averaging 11.1 minutes per game, scoring only 3.1 points and 1.6 assists, shooting 32.1% from the field and 21% from three-point range.
It's not that Brooks doesn't want to develop rookies, it's that Jackson is a rookie who really doesn't have instant combat power, poor offensive selection, poor shooting, and a lack of playmaking. In the middle of the game, Thunder management signed Derrick Fisher, who refused to report to the Trail Blazers, and Jackson was not included in the 13-man playoff squad.
Fisher played 20 games for the Thunder in the regular season after joining, averaging 20.4 minutes per game, 4.9 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists, shooting 34.3% from the field and 31.4% from three-point range, which doesn't look much better than Jackson.
After entering the playoffs, he played a little better, playing 21.8 minutes, often playing at the No. 2 position, shooting 41.5% from the field, 37.5% from three-point range, and scoring 6.2 points and 1.2 assists.
Because in the last round of the series, Fisher defeated his old club Lakers on behalf of the Thunder, plus Jeremy Lin's performance was sluggish, and a group of patients with secondary and second diseases boasted about Fisher "His role is not reflected in the data"! It's as if Fisher made Jeremy Lin unable to catch the ball.
As a defensive hole with no data and no value...... What is the purpose of being able to spend time with Barnes' wife when former Lakers teammate Matt Barnes is not home?
In this game against Curry, Fisher only played 3 minutes before kneeling, and he knelt completely. Curry faced him with 3 of 4 three-pointers, a successful breakaway, the basket attracted the defense, and the ball was given to Chandler to follow up and score a dunk.
Tony Allen defended Durant tightly, Parsons followed Harden closely, and the Clippers defense from the outside was also good, and the point difference quickly widened to 17 points, and Brooks was forced to call a timeout.
Zhang reasonably commented: "I remember when Curry was in the Bucks, a magazine wrote that if Curry was replaced by Fisher and Ellis, the Bucks would become stronger, and they also pulled away to shoot three-pointers, Fisher was experienced, better defensively, and selfless and did not possess the ball." Looking at it now, the gap between these two is too big. ”
Yu Jia smiled: "I don't know which magazine it is, it's probably closed, right?" In the face of Fisher's main defense, Curry can play as much as he wants. Fisher was sent away by the Lakers because his defense was too poor. ”
After the timeout, the Thunder sent two guards, Westbrook came on, Cook went down, the purpose was to speed up the counterattack, Fisher continued to play, and the main defense was Tony Allen.
Yang Rui was also very simple, and immediately let Danny Green come out to replace Tony Allen, adding a three-point shooting point, Green moved fast, and the defensive frame breakthrough was not bad, which could interfere with the shot.
In the team, Green has been exchanging defensive skills with Tony Allen in the past two years, learning a lot of things, and the defensive end has improved more than joining the Spurs. In the team, he often honed his skills with Guy in a heads-up fight, and Guy's style of play is somewhat similar to Durant, but there are fewer breakthroughs and not so accurate.
When attacking, no matter who faces Fisher on the outside, Yang Rui asks them to receive the ball and throw three points boldly, and it doesn't matter if they don't score.
The Thunder people marked, Fisher changed to the main defense Green, Green ran to catch the ball and threw it, and soon shot two three-pointers at 70 degrees on the right side, Fisher was only 185CM, and he couldn't jump this season, so he couldn't defend it at all.
Brooks accepted the reality that Fisher was a colander and told him to go down and rest, not daring to change it again.
The Clippers still dare to play double guards, Curry has no problem defending Sefrosa, and Yang Rui doesn't have to worry about him being blown up.
Sefrosa lacks the ability to attack with the ball, and has no physical advantage to exploit, so he can only defend.
In the regular season, Sefrosa averaged 21.8 minutes per game, shooting 43.2% from the field and 43.7% from three-point range, which looks outstanding, but in fact, he averaged only 3.7 shots per game, which was pitiful, not that he didn't shoot in an empty position, and he made 1.7 three-point shots, scored 0.7, and averaged 4.8 points, 3 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 0.9 steals per game.
This kind of attack power is obviously soy sauce on the offensive end. What's even more tragic is that in the playoffs, Sefrosa's shooting percentage has decreased, playing 22.4 minutes per game, scoring 5.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.5 steals, shooting 40.2% from the field and 32.7% from three-point range.
Because of his own shortcomings, Sefrosa can only be a pseudo-starter, and it is Fisher who plays the No. 2 position on the bench. Now that Fisher can't defend himself, the Thunder offense is bound to be affected.
The Clippers began to shrink the joint defense 122 and blocked the restricted area, allowing the Thunder to shoot from medium to long range.
Ibaka also has a bit of a role to play and can pull away the mid-range shot, and Perkins has become a big hole that can be casually empty on the perimeter.
Collison is also only a blue-collar interior lineman, and the offense is not good. In the regular season, he averaged 4.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, shooting 59.7% from the field, mainly relying on the basket to pick up leaks. In the playoffs, he scored 3.5 points and 3.4 rebounds, shot 64.7% from the field, and averaged only 2.6 shots per game.
Yang Rui firmly believes that the Clippers can win, just because the Thunder role players are not strong enough, and with their current roster depth, even Sanshao may not be able to beat the Clippers at the peak of his career.
There is no stable three-point shooting point, and the Thunder's overall offense is too much worse than the Clippers, but with Sanshao's personal ability, the Thunder was stunned to chase the score in the second half. Harden hit two three-pointers, Westbrook made a lot of free throws, and Durant threatened with a three-pointer and scored heads-up.
56-48 at halftime, the Clippers led by eight points.