The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 298 No clue
The "Princeton style of play" can be put in one sentence: "The strong can take advantage of the weak, and the smart can take advantage of the strong."

The essence of this style of play is "people move, ball moves, and coordination."

Human action refers to moving without the ball, cutting and back running, and ball action refers to constantly sharing the ball.

Create scoring opportunities through the tall players' coping ability and screen ability, as well as the off-ball cutting ability of other players. Anyone on the field is the starting point. Everyone must have the awareness of cutting and share the ball infinitely. .

Generally, the tall man pulls out the three-point line to hold the ball and empties the inside line. Positions 1 and 2 pass the off-ball screen of positions 3 and 4 to create open layups or shooting opportunities.

This is the Princeton tactic.

This is the case right now, Giannis and Lip are both in high positions, completely emptying the inside of the Thunder, and there are three-pointers like Middleton on the outside, allowing Bledsoe and Butler to make empty cuts at will.

I saw Giannis hit the ground pass and found Butler who made an empty cut.

Although Robertson was desperately defending behind him, Butler still leaned on Robertson to score the ball!
Relying on his excellent waist and abdomen strength, although Butler was hit by Robertson in the air, he was not disturbed at all, and he still put the ball into the basket steadily.

Seeing this scene, Li Pu smiled gratifiedly, this guy has indeed improved a lot in one summer.

In fact, Butler is not the only one who has improved. Giannis and Middleton have both improved a lot, which also makes Lip have greater expectations for this season.

Looking back, Westbrook finally scored a goal with a zombie jumper, chasing the score to 6:22.

You read that right, at this time the game was halfway through, and the Thunder only scored 6 points.

Without Durant and with Robertson on the court, the Thunder's offensive spacing has suddenly become one of the worst teams in the league.

Who would have thought that in this Thunder team, the most accurate three-pointer is actually Ibaka?

Facing the Kings' inside defense, Westbrook had no way to break in for a layup, all because he couldn't see the basket with his hands.

In this case, the Thunder fell into a state where no one could score.

As the team's No. [-] scoring point, Cousins ​​has no desire to attack Li Pu tonight. He tried to attack twice before, but got nothing.

Lip's defense made it impossible for Cousins ​​to score.

It can be seen that without Durant on the court, the Thunder's lineup is too deformed.

In addition to starting, when it comes to the bench, the Thunder are even worse.

Today's Thunder team is very poor in depth, whether it is Lance Thomas, Nick Collison or Sebastian Telfair, they cannot provide the team with corresponding support.

On the other hand, for the Kings, Thomas Jr. and Covington, who came off the bench, performed very well, making the Kings' bench firepower still sharp.

Ever since, after entering the rotation lineup, the Thunder played even worse, and the point difference continued to increase.

At the end of the first quarter, at 31:12, the Kings beat the Thunder by 19 points in a single quarter, almost a quarter.

Li Pu didn't even finish the first quarter tonight. With 2 minutes left in the first quarter, he was already off the court.

Jokic, who came off the bench, was unable to defend on the defensive end and created a lot of openings for the Thunder, but he did a good job of protecting the frame and withstood the impact of the Thunder.

On the offensive end, his offensive talent is undoubtedly revealed.

Especially for a ball at the end of the first quarter, his pass behind the head assisted Covington for a dunk, which won applause and cheers from the scene.

People suddenly discovered that this fat white man is very skilled!
However, they forgot, when the Kings selected Jokic, how did they boo the management?
Oh, it smells so good!
Although the Thunder's lineup is somewhat deformed, the foundation of the championship team is still there. It is impossible for the offense to be so poor all the time, not to mention that they still have Westbrook and Cousins.

Especially Westbrook, he scored 12 points in the first quarter when the team scored 6 points.

And in the second quarter, he was fully fired, taking advantage of Li Pu not on the field at the beginning of the second quarter, frequently attacking the inside line.

Although Jokic is smart, he did not face a tough man like Westbrook head-on after all, and soon took his third personal offense.

So Li Pu could only return to the court more than a minute earlier.

After Li Pu came back, the effect was immediate. The Thunder missed two consecutive rounds of offense and were beaten back by the Kings.

It wasn't until Westbrook hit a three-pointer that the Thunder's decline was stopped again.

Westbrook's three-pointer is more like a signal, which makes the rest of the Thunder feel warmer.

Facing the King's offense, the Thunder actually stabilized their position and stabilized the score.

In this way, the point difference between the two teams returned to about 10 points.

Giannis' breakthrough attracted the Thunder's defense, and Giannis took the opportunity to distribute the ball to Middleton in the bottom corner.

However, Robertson's supplementary defense was in place, and he ran over to interfere with Middleton at the first time.

So Middleton gave the ball to Li Pu, and Li Pu passed it to Butler, almost making a big circle.

After Butler was left open, he couldn't even make a shot if he didn't want to, so he had to choose a three-point shot.

Basketball can't be beaten with iron!

Too much muscle gain obviously affected Butler's touch. Since the preseason, his outside touch has not been very good.

But at this time, Giannis under the basket dominated the sky, overwhelming Ibaka and dunking the ball into the basket!
Now that Giannis is fighting, he can give full play to his physical advantages. In addition, Li Pu called Cousins ​​out of the outside line, making Giannis more comfortable inside.

This is also the advantage of the Kings playing Princeton. As long as one of the two rebounders is in the low post, they can threaten the opponent's rebound and delay the opponent's fast break.

Looking back, Westbrook broke through again with the ball, facing Butler's defensive mid-range zombie and missed a jumper, and the rebound was accepted by Li Pu.

Then he actually brought the ball directly to the frontcourt, and then he couldn't get the players from both sides to settle down, and directly scored a three-pointer!
"Bang!"

With Li Pu's three-point hit, the difference returned to 15 points.

In the end, at halftime, 46:60, the Thunder narrowed the point difference to 14 points.

To be honest, both Westbrook and the Thunder played extremely well in this quarter.Almost to the point of perfection.

Westbrook scored 21 points in a single quarter and scored 27 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in the half, a quasi-triple double.

The Thunder also scored 34 points in a single quarter against the Kings defense in the second quarter.

But even so, the Thunder still couldn't narrow the point difference much. They were helpless in the face of the King's attack.

They had no clue about the Kings' Princeton system.

(End of this chapter)