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146. Brooks' idea

Brooks' idea is good, allowing Kevin Durant to use his strong offensive ability to consume Wu Dawei's physical fitness on the offensive end, and on the defensive end, Durant is allowed to defend players with low offensive participation in the Cavaliers, and use Sevlosa to follow Wu Dawei throughout the whole process.

This not only allows Wu Dawei to consume his energy throughout the whole process, but also allows Kevin Durant to maintain his concentration on the offensive end.

The game started over and the Cavaliers' goal just now widened the gap between the two sides to more than 5 points. Now it is the Oklahoma City Thunder's ball game, which is playing at home. After the Thunder's defender dribbled the ball through half the game, he quickly handed the ball to Kevin Durant.

Facing Wu Dawei's defense, Kevin Durant did not choose to fight hard. In the first quarter, he confronted Wu Dawei in the player's seat before, and witnessed Wu Dawei's performance on the court for several minutes. Kevin Durant understood that he could no longer underestimate the opponent.

He motioned to his teammates in the inside and asked for a high pick-and-roll. Then Kevin Durant relied on this pick-and-roll and his advantage of height and arm length to get rid of Wu Dawei again, and then used a high jump shot to help the team score two points.

In fact, Wu Dawei has inherent disadvantages in the matchup with Kevin Durant. The huge height gap is there, as obvious as a roadblock is set up on the road. Every time Kevin Durant launches an attack, he seems to be condescending. If there is not such an advantage in predictive ability, Wu Dawei thought, no matter how hard he trains, he may never be able to defend such a freak like Kevin Durant.

This should be the talent that people can keep talking about when talking about an athlete.

It's still 3 points away, but this time, Ford Center is not as imposing as it was at the beginning of the first quarter. In fact, the team has been in a situation of being behind, which has long polished the fans' sharpness at the beginning of the game.

These Oklahoma fans sitting on the sidelines were a little depressed because their team was suppressed by the opponent from beginning to end, and they couldn't get excited at all.

After the offense and defense transition, Wu Dawei found that the person he faced was no longer Kevin Durant. Durant ran to defend the Cavaliers' second-place substitute Daniel Gibson. Since his stunning success in the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals, Gibson has not made a breakthrough but retreated in recent years, rebounding, defense, and offensive performances with the ball are all below the passing line. If it weren't for the accurate three-pointer, he would have almost never gained a foothold in the NBA.

The one who defends Wu Dawei was replaced by the Thunder's better defensive backcourt, Swiss Sevlosa.

Wu Dawei was a little surprised by this, because Sevlosa is a shooting guard and he is a No. 3 player. There are some height gaps between the two sides, and on the defensive end, the height disadvantage has always been fatal. If Wu Dawei did not have the advantage of prediction and his hard work throughout the summer, he would not be the league's leading defensive player now, and he would not be the top defensive player in the steal list and block list.

Allen Iverson has great strength, and his defense is recognized by some basketball bricks. Even at the beginning of the millennium, Iverson even ranked eighth in the best defensive player! But in most people's impression, he is still a defensive black hole.

Because he is shorter than most of the players he faces on the defensive end.

So, it is obvious that Kevin Durant defends himself on the defensive end, and Wu Dawei is very clear about this truth. Thunder coach Brooks uses Sevlosa to defend himself, obviously to save his energy for Kevin Durant.

Wu Dawei looked at the sidelines and found that Brooks was also looking at him. He saw the smile on the other person's face, the kind of smile that was satisfied.

Sevlosa was close to Wu Dawei. Although he was shorter than Wu Dawei and much thinner, he was very active and positive defensive attitude and always created a good effect.

Wu Dawei was indeed a little annoyed by the clingy defense like Sevlosa at the beginning, but as a defensive player who has become famous, Wu Dawei knew that such a defense would consume more physical energy than an attacker. In other words, if two people with the same physical reserves, the defender would definitely be the first to exhaust.

Physical energy reserve has always been Wu Dawei's strength. His hard training this summer and his persistent training during the season have greatly improved Wu Dawei's physical fitness.

Ramon Sessions took the ball at a high position, while Wu Dawei wandered around the half. After becoming a starter and showing good offensive form in many games, head coach Byron Scott began to design some simple offensive routines for Wu Dawei.

For example, the pick-and-roll, counter-pick-and-roll, back-run cooperation with teammates at the bottom line, and the local passes and cuts with the ball holder at the high position.

Sevlosa followed Wu Dawei closely. The coach's advice to him before he came on the court was to make Wu Dawei unable to continue to score easily on the offensive end. The Cavaliers don't have many ways to play in positional battles. In fact, the Cavaliers have only a few scoring points in positional battles. Morris Williams, who is in the ranks of second-rate stars in the league, is their strongest singles player on the offensive end.

Antoine Jamison is old and he has no way to create various opportunities with his super explosive power.

Therefore, Wu Dawei, who has a good scoring momentum tonight, may have cut off one of the Cavaliers' offensive legs. But it is always easier to do. Wu Dawei's pick-and-roll back and forth with Valejo and others at the bottom line has already made Sevrosa anxious.

In addition, Wu Dawei pushed him from time to time and leaned against him, Sevrosa felt much more labor than he had imagined before! But he still followed Wu Dawei tightly. Seeing Valaijo rushing over to make pick-and-rolls for Wu Dawei, Sevrosa hurriedly circled toward the side and leaned against Valaijo's broad body board.

However, when Sevlosa bypassed Valejo, he found that Wu Dawei did not slip along the bottom line to the three-point line at the bottom corner like before, but suddenly ran towards the free throw line.

At this time, Sessions, who was in a high position, also forced the Thunder substitute point guard Eric Meno, who broke in front of him. At the moment when the two of them met at the free throw line, Meno was completely blocked by Wu Dawei.

But Meno did not give up on defense. He hurriedly walked around Wu Dawei's body and chased towards the inside. At the same time, Sevlosa, who was running from the bottom line to the top line, suddenly saw Sessions rushing towards him with the ball. He had almost no thoughts and met Sessions.

In a blink of an eye, Meno caught up with Sessions, and Sessions was blocked by Sevlosa. Seeing a double attack, cheers sounded from Ford's center for an upcoming successful defense. Sessions was not in a hurry. He threw it casually and passed the basketball back behind him!

The two defensive players who were about to form a pinch attack suddenly showed a look of surprise on their faces because Wu Dawei received the pass at the free throw line!

Jumping up and shooting without any disturbance. Wu Dawei's body swayed in the air. Even when Sevrosa discovered this cooperation, he rushed towards him without hesitation, but still failed to stop this projection.

The basketball flew to the basket, and as everyone watched, it plunged into the net!

With a swish, the rolling net flowers made the Laughlin, who was sitting among the disappointed crowd, cheered; Brooks looked annoyed like his plan to be trampled on.

Wu Dawei saw the young coach still looking at him, but this time, his face no longer had the smug smile that he had before. Instead, he looked depressed, which was exchanged for Wu Dawei's smile at him.

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