Vol 3 Chapter 395: It's good time

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The Thunder's changes in the third quarter gave them a certain lead. However, this does not mean that they will definitely win the game. In this era, the pace of the game is getting faster and faster. If you don't pay attention, the opponent can catch up in a short time. The Warriors happen to be the best team in this league to do such things.
However, in this game, the Thunder did not give the opponent a chance. They will never allow anyone to mess with themselves on such a night of special significance to Oklahoma. Therefore, Donovan directly sent his lineup to the court. Even if some of them played the entire third quarter. This is an attitude, an attitude of winning.
"It seems that the Warriors have no chance! Thunder is the main force!"
"Yes! From last season's regular season, the Thunder's core players did not play much, basically around 30 minutes. But today, Russell, Paul, and Ann have all played 30 minutes. Minutes. You know, the game only lasted three quarters. Donovan is not a coach who likes to squeeze the main players, but this arrangement shows that he is still quite jealous of the Warriors."
"The opening game is of great significance to the defending champions. Last year, the Warriors lost their opening game. The Rockets took the limelight on the night that was supposed to be the championship. In that game, the Warriors also led by more than ten He was overturned by the opponent when he scored points. It is estimated that Donovan also watched the video of that game, so he was very cautious."
As soon as the players from both sides came out, everyone started talking. On the Warriors side, Durant did not rest either. He also played 12 minutes in the third quarter. When Curry was constrained by the number of fouls and Thompson was trapped by the Thunder, he carried the Warriors' offense. Although the points difference was still opened by the Thunder, he has tried his best. After all, he is always facing the defense of Paul George and Robertson. In many cases, Adams will double-team.
After Iguodala replaced Jones, the Warriors suddenly changed back to what they were three years ago. At that time, Green acted as a point guard, Curry Thompson took a three-pointer at any time, Barnes and Iguodala were ready to go down at any time, and once the backcourt grabbed a rebound, it was a stormy counterattack. Durant replaced Barnes, a huge improvement. However, Iguodala was a few years old again.
The Warriors' five deaths did cause some trouble for the Thunder. But their kind of strong wave has not been able to break out. In terms of mobility, the Thunder won't lose to any team. Moreover, they are best at disrupting warfare, and they are also good at defending in chaotic warfare. More importantly, the Thunder played cautiously and patiently on the offensive end. In the last quarter of the game, they did not give the Warriors too many opportunities to play defensive counterattacks. Moreover, every time the opponent is about to rise, the Thunder can always stand up to stabilize the situation on the court. In the end, the Thunder held the victory. They defeated the Warriors 128:119 on their home court and got a good start for the new season.
This night, for the Thunder, was perfect. After the game, Westbrook on behalf of all the Thunder players released this season's goal to the media, which is to defend the title. In his words: Our goal is the same every season. This point will not change because we won the championship last season.
With the momentum to defeat the Warriors, the Thunder defeated the Los Angeles Clippers and the Sacramento Kings. Won the first three consecutive victories in the new season. However, for the Thunder, these two teams should have won.
On October 19th, the Thunder visited Staples Arena and kicked off their first away game of the season. The Clippers have completely changed their faces. As a result, in the operation of last season, Chris Paul, Griffin, and Jordan Jr. were all sent away by West. From the perspective of the layout, there are no particularly high-quality players. Harris, Gallinari are barely considered stars, and then Lu Wei, Beverly, Bradley and so on. No matter how you look at it, it's just showing up. Of course, this series of operations has freed up salary space. Maybe there will be a series of big moves next summer.
I thought it would be easy to pass the level, but what I didn't expect was that such a Clippers actually made the Thunder startled in a cold sweat.
The start was a wave of 15:0 offense. Gallinari turned into an Italian gun and scored three three-pointers in 2 minutes. Harris was not to be outdone, and went to the inside to make a good fight. Directly let Donovan hand over the timeout. However, after returning from the timeout, the Thunder finally found their offensive state. After Anluo and Paul George jointly responded to each other's 13:0, the two sides fell into a mutual stalemate. And this situation continued until the last quarter. An Luo returned to the game with 5 minutes left. At this time, the score of the two sides was 104:103, and the Thunder only led by 1 point. In this situation, Anluo's strong three-pointers from outside the three-point line ~EbookFREE.me~ stretched the advantage to double digits. Subsequently, the Clippers launched a counterattack under the leadership of Harris, but the Thunder maintained their advantage until the end of the game.
In this game, An Luo became the brightest star. He scored 38 points with a very high efficiency, the highest in the team. Just made 8 three-pointers! But everyone is not surprised. In the last game against the Warriors, he also scored a team-high 32 points. Of course, comparing Westbrook and Paul George, both the number of shots and the points scored are higher than the same period last season. It's not that Donovan's tactics have changed. The fundamental reason for all this is the change in the rules of the alliance.
Since the beginning of this season, the time for the second offense has dropped to 14 seconds, the defensive end cannot be pressured, and off-ball fouls have become the target of severe attacks. These two changes have greatly benefited an off-ball three-pointer like An Luo. Simply put, his shots have increased. And, when moving without the ball, those pushing and pulling behaviors that hindered him from running disappeared. If Anluo is an individual who benefits from the rule changes, then teams like the Thunder are the groups who benefit from the rule changes. As the time for the second attack has decreased, there have been more hasty shots. This also gives the Thunder a lot of opportunities for defensive counterattacks. And in the process of counterattack fast break, the defensive pressure received by the players will be reduced a lot, the success rate of fast break will greatly increase.
In general, whether it is Thunder or Anluo, it's a good time.