Rotate the lineup in the second quarter. Thunder Sefolosha is out due to a minor injury. Scott Brooks can still line up a rich lineup with Perkins, Collison, Su Bei, Harden and Maynor.
The Trail Blazers are pretty okay. After all, Crawford, who is known as the 6th scorer, is in charge, and there is also the talented Batum. The rest are mediocre. The 38-year-old Kurt Thomas and the 2006-year-old are used to make up for it. Round Craig Smith.
Fortunately, Trail Blazers head coach Nate McMillan is still savvy and will continue to put starter Matthews on the court.
The game started and the Trail Blazers attacked the ball.
Batum received the ball in the frontcourt and played as a point forward. After three threats, he took a step and broke through with the ball. He tried his mid-range shot, which was a sudden stop.
Su Bei was as close as brown candy. Facing Batum's emergency stop, he didn't care. He stretched out his right hand to cover his eyes, and then bet that there were no bullets in his mid-range pistol.
Bang-dang——!
“The attack is beautiful and the defense is even better!
Su Bei did not get used to Batum's strong attack and defended him firmly.
The rebound was grabbed by Perkins. The Trail Blazers rotated their lineup and sent a five-small lineup. Curt Thomas served as the center. It was difficult to grab offensive rebounds.
During the Thunder's counterattack, Maynor brought the ball to the frontcourt and immediately distributed the ball to Harden.
The Thunder's third youngest player broke through with the ball, changed direction, mobilized Matthews's focus, paused, and immediately European-stepped the ball for a layup..."
Matthews' offense is good, and his defense is just more active. However, his physical talent is still crushed, especially Harden's breakthrough skills are very powerful, and he really can't stand it.
In less than two moves, Harden rushed to the end.
Peng, shua——!
"Driving the ball for a layup, Harden faced Matthews, and the advantage was on Harden's side.
Both debuted in 2009, Harden was the third overall pick, and Matthews was only an undrafted player. It’s not without reason.
In the duel between the rookies in 2009, Harden’s talent and skills can be seen with the naked eye..."
23 to 29!
The score difference became 6 points.
Harden and Su Bei are on offense and defense. Do you call this a rotation?
I have never heard of Tan Hwa Lang being a substitute for two years in a row with good potential.
Now the Trail Blazers have heard that the lineup cannot compare, so they can only make adjustments to the lineup to maximize their offensive attributes and regain the lost points.
"The Trail Blazers attacked, and the five small lineups spread out. Matthews held the ball and challenged Harden. He continuously stepped down and dribbled, changed directions and broke through. His center of gravity was very low. He was 1.93 meters tall and had good speed.
Harden didn't understand, but he was very active in defense.
It's just a pity that Matthews doesn't follow martial ethics, he pulled up the ball in a pull-up, and he shot a two-point pull-up jumper..."
Harden was outpaced and fell behind step by step. He stretched out his hand passively and could only listen to the gunshot.
Swish——!
The knife fell with his hand, and Matthews' strong two-point shot went in.
"Hong Kong was able to go from undrafted to the starting shooting guard position very quickly, and he really has a lot of points in terms of scoring.
The scoring ability is too strong, and Harden defends well, but he still can't stand it. "
25 to 29!
Off the court, Scott Brooks had a calm face.
The Thunder's defense will give up points, which makes sense!
After all, the Trail Blazers are just rushing to score points. With five small lineups, their offensive attributes are improved, but their defensive attributes are weak. What can they use to support defense?
It's just that the Thunder can't defend, and the Trail Blazers can't even try to defend.
"Harden stepped down and dribbled, dribbling the ball past Matthews. He was also unable to withstand it. Matthews could only fight and retreat.
Hey, Batum and Kurt Thomas moved and pounced on Harden to double attack.
Harden came up to meet the man, European step layup, it was the end
What? The basketball is separated under the basket. Which move is Harden going to make?
So that’s it, Su Bei received the ball from the left three-point corner, and when it was empty, he raised his hand and shot a three-point corner jump shot..."
Batum has excellent athletic ability, but it's a pity that he can only care about wiping his teammates' butts, but he can't care about the snow in front of his own defense. He can only listen to the gunshot...
Swish——!
"Yes, Su Bei's three-pointer, Harden's breakthrough shot, and the Thunder's Xiaowang combination exploded.
What can the Trail Blazers do to support..."
You can't stand it!
25 to 32!
The score difference became 7 points.
The Thunder continued their lead.
"It's very possible that the Thunder copied the Trail Blazers' homework and started the second quarter by continuously attacking the basket.
With the Trail Blazers' IQ... no, the lineup, it's impossible to protect the basket.
If the Thunder dare to shrink in, they will treat the Trail Blazers' long-range shots, especially the three-point shots, as if they are alive. However, the Thunder's three-pointers have Su Bei to cover them. Leaving them open will be fatal!
Next, let’s see how the Trail Blazers respond…”
How to deal with it?
If the bench can’t compete, how else can we deal with it?
They had no choice. They also wanted to be good players and play a steady style of play, but the lineup was downgraded and they had no choice but to make risky moves.
Huashan is on the same road, continue to attack and fight against bombs, and defensively can only adapt to the situation. At best, it can't be defended by itself, and the Thunder team can't even try to defend it.
"Matthews challenged Harden again, and Su Bei pounced on the zone to attack.
What the hell?
Matthews hit one and two others, so they dealt with it together and continued to make two-point fadeaway jumpers..."
Swish——!
25 to 32!
Still on target!
"It's so explosive. In terms of physical talent, Matthews is far inferior to Harden and Su Bei.
But playing basketball is not only about talent, but also about momentum. Matthews played very strongly and scored unstoppably..."
No problem, guys who can be drafted from undrafted teams all have their own strong players.
For example: Big Ben's defense.
Bowen's defense.
John Starks scored on that crazy offense.
If you don't have strong skills, what can you use to counterattack?
Matthews and Starks have very similar styles. They have full offensive attributes and crazy attributes, which is really hard to beat.
In the next game, although the Thunder were still able to score, Harden broke through to the basket and assisted Collison to score at the basket.
However, Matthews' touch was too hot, and he scored three consecutive points, withstanding the scoring advantage of the Thunder lineup.
"The Trail Blazers are not making much money. Matthews' scoring ability not only solves the scoring problem of the Trail Blazers' starting lineup, but also solves the scoring problem of the rotation lineup.
This is the reason why the Trail Blazers can win 4 consecutive games in the new season. Matthews’ sudden emergence perfectly solved the dilemma of the Trail Blazers relying only on Aldridge to score..."
The Trail Blazers, led by Matthews, are on fire.
And this is just the beginning.
When the Thunder stepped up their defense against Matthews, Crawford, known as the super sixth man in the rotation, took over Matthews' baton.
After receiving Batum's pass, against Maynor's defense, he raised his hand and scored a pull-up three-pointer.
"pretty!
The Trail Blazers lined up to press the opponent, Matthews finished, and Crawford, as the superstar in the rotation, immediately showed his scoring talent in the rotation, and he is still unstoppable..."
Then, he watched Crawford dribble with his back, break through Maynor's defense, get inside, and hit a pull-up jumper to close the gap to just two points.
Scott Brooks couldn't bear it anymore and replaced Maynor with Westbrook, who was beaten by Crawford.
However, when Crawford's offense was pressed down, Batum stood up again.
First, against Su Bei's block, he hit a three-pointer. Then, using the screen, he cut without the ball, received Crawford's pass, made a layup and scored two points, and continued to score.
“Before Crawford came to the Trail Blazers, Batum was the Trail Blazers’ sixth man.
You must know that Matthews’ style and characteristics are also very suitable for playing as the sixth man..."
Damn it, the Trail Blazers have collected three players with sixth man attributes. Are you afraid?
Maybe the Thunder can say that they are not afraid. After all, a cornerstone player like Harden is also playing as the sixth man. It is the Trail Blazers who should be afraid.
It's just a pity, enough is enough!
The five small lineups arranged by the Trail Blazers perfectly completed the scoring tasks assigned by the head coach.
Five minutes later, Trail Blazers star Aldridge returned to the court.
In the rotation battle, the Trail Blazers faced the Thunder's rich battle, relying on the five small lineups with improved offensive attributes, but gained a lead.
When Durant and Yin Baka returned to the court, the Thunder's lineup became Yin Baka, Durant, Su Bei, Harden, and Weisbro. With full offensive attributes, the Trail Blazers In the confrontation, he withstood the Thunder's offensive.
"Westbrook broke through with the ball, penetrated Felton's defense, stopped the zombie and shot a pull-up jumper...
Bang-dang——!
The strike missed.
Westbrook's shooting skills are still cooling down. If he fails to hit, he will just linger on the outside. "
…
"Here it comes again, thanks to Westbrook's breakthrough, Felton's defense was broken into a sieve.
Bang-dang——!
Dribbling the ball and forcing a layup, the shot from the basket clicked again.
To be fair, the offensive opportunity came out, but it's a pity that Westbrook just couldn't get in. "
…
Westbrook continued to play music and then showed off his iron show. In the second quarter, he only made 1 of 6 shots. Among them, he also failed to score 0 of 2 three-pointers.
However, he only had eyes for the basket.
Ignoring Su Bei, Harden, and even Durant around him, under the leadership of Westbrook's old 6, the two sides faced off in the second quarter and were beaten by the Trail Blazers with a score of 33 to 30. .
At the end of the first half, the score was 57 to 56.
The Thunder entered the locker room to rest with only a 1-point lead.
Westbrook made 1 of 4 in the first quarter, 1 of 6 in the second quarter, and 2 of 10. He scored only 6 points and 4 assists.
Durant made 3 of 4 in the second quarter and 2 of 5 in the first quarter, scoring 13 points, which was pretty good.
Subei scored 8 points in the first quarter, 9 points in the second quarter, and 17 points in the first half. The efficiency was good, but it could not hold back someone who was holding back. It was able to defeat the Trail Blazers, but only led by 1 point.
This small amount of points is not even enough to feed the cat. All of it is fed to the turtles in the sewer.
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