Vol 3 Chapter 124: change

Although everyone is mentally prepared, this game is very difficult. But the Jazz still gave the Thunder generals a disarming force.
After a wave of 15:6, Donovan called a timeout. Since the established strategy is no longer sufficient to deal with the situation of letting go, it must be changed.
Oladipo and Grant both tried three-pointers on the outside, but the effect was not ideal. Although the opponent's defense from outside the three-point line is not as tight as in the penalty area, the shooting rate is still somewhat low and the scoring efficiency is not high.
The Thunder scored these points, basically Westbrook passed back to Adams after the pick-and-roll or gave Grant an air cut layup.
After the timeout was over, An Luo played. But Donovan did not replace Westbrook. Although he looked a little harder than Oladipo in the first few minutes of the game, he cannot be missing from the current lineup. Whether it is organizing offenses or cooperating with An Luo inside and outside, he has done better.
This strategy is actually not particularly clever, but the situation on the court is much better than at the beginning.
An Luo played a special initiative. Back to the familiar second position, facing Ingles, he looked like a fish in water.
Westbrook held the ball and advanced beyond the arc top three-point line, still rushing to the inside with the help of Adams's screen, but now the Jazz players dare not all shrink to the inside. Ingles has been following An Luo, not daring to stop for a moment. He must do this. With a shooter like An Luo on the court, any slack is giving the opponent a chance to score.
But Westbrook's situation has not changed for the better. The Jazz did not reduce their defense in the penalty area because of Anlow's appearance. It's just that your players move faster when they change defenses.
The biggest beneficiaries are Robertson and Grant, the two strikers, who will have more players. Fortunately, the shooting percentage of the two players in this game is still passable, especially Grant, his middle distance is much better than the previous one.
In the last minute of the first quarter, the Thunder were 5 points behind the Jazz.
After Westbrook burst in, he passed the ball back to Adams at the top of the arc. The latter held the ball high and waited for his teammates to come to meet him.
Upon seeing this, An Luo ran right from the bottom corner on the left and along the bottom line. Under the double cover of Westbrook and Grant, he directly got rid of George Hill who had changed defense, and received a basketball from Adams at a 45-degree angle on the right. Then pull it up and shoot, and hit easily!
21:23
With An Luo hitting a three-pointer, the Thunder are only two points behind. But there is still time, they still have a chance to equalize or overtake in the first quarter of the game.
But the Jazz was extremely tenacious in this game. They can always contain the opponent with the most ferocious offense when the Thunder is about to rise.
George Hill rushed to his frontcourt after receiving the baseline ball from his teammate. It seems that they want to grab the time to get one more offensive opportunity for themselves.
Westbrook followed the opponent back quickly. But as soon as Hill passed the center line, he threw the ball to Ingles in the left corner. An Luo immediately followed. This guy has a good three-pointer ability, he dare not release.
After receiving the ball, Ingles raised his hand, An Luo immediately pushed forward and made a defensive posture with both hands up. But Ingles didn't make a shot at this point, it was just a fake shot. Seeing An Luo leaning forward, he shrank his hand and slapped the ball from An Luo's armpit to the floor on the right front.
The basketball bounced and was caught by Hayward who had come across from the air. Then he took two steps forward, then exerted force on his legs, and flew up to press Adams with one hand.
Boom!
There was another almost crazy cheer. These Jazz fans sitting in the audience are far more excited than the Jazz players on the field.
Hayward's dunk this time extended the advantage by two more points, and also gave himself at least seven seconds of offensive time.
Looking back, Westbrook took the ball to the top three-point line. He dribbles in place, trying to use up all the 24 seconds of offense.
But none of the others stopped. An Luo surrounded his teammates and kept circling the court. He needs to look for opportunities to get rid of the pursuit in the process of continuous running. Robertson is doing the same thing. Although his three-pointer is very unstable, he can shoot after all. Grant and Adams are constantly covering them and guarding them from the chasing soldiers behind them.
In the end, An Luo took the basketball from Westbrook by hand at a 45-degree angle on the right.
After catching the ball, An Luo did not change his running direction, but dribbled the ball to continue forward ~EbookFREE.me~ Adams made a pick-and-roll at the top three-point line in advance, and An Luo stuck to the opponent The body stepped on it one step at a time, pulled it up and shot. Ingles, who had been following him closely, was blocked by Adams, unable to interfere with An Luo.
The basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then fell straight into the net bag.
"Yes!"
An Luo raised his hands, made an "OK" gesture, and ran to the backcourt quickly. After this three-pointer, the Thunder only trailed the opponent by one point! With a little over 8 seconds left in the game, the Jazz still have plenty of time to complete the next attack.
They did not call a timeout. After all, this is not the next moment, there is no need to be so nervous. Moreover, these players are all experienced, they know how to complete this offense. The Thunder naturally adopted a defensive strategy of pressing on the court, putting pressure on the opponent and forcing them to make mistakes. Even if the final effect is not achieved, the opponent's attack time must be consumed as much as possible.
This also doesn't need Donovan's reminder, everyone knows how to defend.
An Luo was next to Ingles, his body was always leaning on the side of George Hill who was holding the ball, preventing him from having a chance to catch the ball. Hayward was caught by Robertson to death, and Grant, who was not far away, was eyeing.
Time is running out and Hill can only come by himself. He was very decisive, and immediately accelerated to the right front. Westbrook, who was staring at him, retreated to the front right, but after he moved, Hill pulled the ball back again. It was a distance from Westbrook.
This action is used by almost all defenders. But although Hill got the space to shoot, he was not able to get the ball out.