Vol 3 Chapter 657: The style of the finals team

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Every night, there are countless people guessing how An Luo will make the first goal in the game. Although everyone has an answer in their hearts, when this moment comes, it is still amazing.
An Luo's three-pointers have a special taste. Go ahead, hit the hit. Because his shot speed is very fast, so shooting posture is not a special standard. But it's still difficult to defend. Coupled with his career shooting rate close to 50%, An Luo is like a sniper with an eightfold lens, no one dares to ignore him.
The Raptors' current defense line is really average. Van Fleet and Lowry still have defensive abilities and a very positive attitude, but their inherent disadvantages are hard to make up for. In the face of An Luo, who is close to two meters, there is no good way for two players in their early eighteen meters. In the finals of last season, Danny Green still caused great distress to Anlo on the defensive end. Now, without the limitations of defensive masters like Danny Green, An Luo is in the game like a duck.
Switching to the defensive end, An Luo stared at Lowry. The Raptors, a two-point guard lineup, are not very defensive either, and they get rid of them if they don't pay attention. Van Vleet used Gasol's cover to fight in, and the Thunder quickly changed defense. In the last round, Adams did not change defense, causing Siakam to rush into the penalty area and no one can stop. So this time, he chose to return to the basket. Siakam waited for the opportunity. It seemed that he was going to do the same routine of the last round again. Unfortunately, Robertson and Gallinari did not give him that opportunity. When Anunobi repeated his old tricks, Robertson rushed directly in front of him, jammed Siakam into the route, and Gallinari also leaned forward. In an instant, Siakam was caught in a flanking attack between the two.
Gasol still passed the ball. Of course, he did not give Siakam. After receiving the ball, Anunobi threw the ball in front of Gallinari who was back. But he is not An Luo, even if the Thunder's defense gave him a decent chance, he still didn't make the ball.
The rebound was grabbed by Westbrook. It seems that he has always been the most active of the Thunder on the court. Immediately, the Thunder's counterattack began. At the moment Westbrook started, Anluo and Gallinari also rushed towards their frontcourt from the left and right sides. The Raptors players are not slow to react, Lowry and Siakam are closely following Westbrook and Anlow. Everyone knows how good the Thunder's defensive counterattack is.
Sure enough, when Westbrook was overtaken by Siakam, the basketball was passed to Anlow. Although Lowry was at a disadvantage when facing An Luo, his defense could not be ignored. After all, Lowry is also a guard who averaged close to 2 steals per game. When Westbrook passed the ball to An Luo, Lowry directly posted it, stuck An Luo's bottom plate, up and down his hands, constantly exerting pressure. Anlo did not give him a chance to break the ball. After receiving the ball, he did not pause or shoot. Instead, he threw the ball directly to Gallinari who appeared outside the left three-point line.
After Gallinari received the ball, Van Fleet, the nearest to him, was still more than one meter away. Gallinari would naturally not miss such an opportunity. He set up the turret, shot decisively, and quickly blasted the ball into the basket.
For fans of Chesapeake Energy Arena, this kind of coordination is too familiar. Although the person who throws the ball has changed, the internal taste has not changed.
The Raptors lost 5 points inside and outside, which made Nass uncomfortable. Before the game began, he had repeatedly emphasized the need to pay attention to the Thunder's defensive counterattacks to his players, but now it seems that not everyone is concerned. It can be seen from the defense this time that Siakam and Lowry ran very fast, but the others did not keep up, and finally turned into a situation of two defense and three.
However, this ball did not affect the mentality of the Raptors players. After all, over the years, more and more three-pointers have been shot. Compared to those who throw them after the center line, the Thunder's two three-pointers are normal.
Van Fleet continued to advance with the ball. The Raptors play today is very interesting. There are two first positions in their lineup, but more often they are just responsible for bringing the ball across the center line and then handing it over to Gasol, who is standing between the free throw line and the top of the arc. However, from their two consecutive offensive processes, it can be seen that the Raptors' offense is still very smooth under the organizational support of Gasol. This is not surprising. Gasol already has an excellent passing ability.
When Gasol held the ball, the other Raptors all started to move. Even Siakam, an inside player, was actively hovering around the three-point line~EbookFREE.me~ which made the whole The restricted area became very empty. Subsequently, Siakam began to cut to the basket, Van Fleet and Lowry moved outside the three-point line on both sides at the same time, each looking for opportunities to catch the ball. Gasol did not hesitate for too long before passing the ball to Lowry on the left side of the three-point line. The others did not have a good chance under the strict defense of the Thunder. The latter received the ball and slammed Westbrook, faked a real pass, and slid the ball to Gasol.
The Raptors played quite patiently this time, and the effect was naturally good. After receiving the ball, Gasol played high, and easily put the ball into the basket when Adams did not push to the penalty area the first time.
5:4
In the first two minutes of the game, the two sides were on par.
This surprised many people. The Thunder's strength is relatively normal. After all, they got the most reinforcement in the Paul George trade. The Raptors are different. They can be regarded as losing the offensive and defensive core of the entire system, but they have not been suppressed by the Thunder during this period of time. They used more active rotation, more patient cooperation, and more tenacious defense to withstand the aggressive offense of the defending champion.
In the next few minutes, you and I played with each other very well. Under the leadership of Westbrook, the Thunder, Anluo and Gallinari opened their bows from outside the three-point line, and their offensive efficiency was very high. They always wanted to play a wave of attacks with sufficient suppression. For this reason, An Luo also strengthened his shots from outside the three-point line. It's a pity that the Raptors held the Thunder's offensive steadily under Siakam and Lowry's ins and outs.
Chesapeake Energy Arena cheered after another. The two teams were very exciting on both offensive and defensive ends, and once again showed everyone the style of the finals of last season.