I have to say that thunder's first playoff game of this season really made everyone sweat! But fortunately, the final result is satisfactory.
In addition, thunder's players in this game showed resilience, also let everyone rest assured of this series.
In this match, the leading star wesbrook cut three pairs. So, after conquering the regular season, he began to challenge the playoffs.
26 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists. The data is still very gorgeous, but his scoring efficiency is not very high. In 38 minutes, he made 8-of-20 shots, including 9-for-3-pointer shots and 7-out-of-10 free throws. Moreover, as many as six mistakes, is one of the reasons why thunder won so hard.
Anluo played 34 minutes, 8-for-16, 4-for-9-3-pointer, and scored 20 points. Although this efficiency can not be said to be low, but compared with the regular season, it is still decreased.
In particular, the three-point goal, his regular season shooting rate is 47.5%, quite high! But this game, only reached his three-point ability of the lowest percentage.
For him, it means that he is in a mediocre state.
In addition to Westbrook and anlow, thunder can win, but also inseparable from Cantor's excellent performance.
He was also a substitute, playing 32 minutes, making 10 of 13 shots, effectively cutting 24 points, plus 9 rebounds and 2 blocks. With 14 points and 13 rebounds Adams held up the thunder inside.
At the conference after the game, thunder several people seem very happy. After all, we won! Westbrook kept a very happy mood throughout the whole process. Even those reporters who were deliberately provocative, he did not have a black face, let alone a verbal conflict.
But there was a bit of repression on the Jazz side. One is that after being reversed, everyone is in a bad mood. Another reason is the injury of Gerber.
After MRI examination, the results showed that gobel's left knee cap was over extended and the knee bone was contused. Although there is no structural damage to the left knee, it will take some time to recover. So it's very likely that Gerber will miss the whole series.
It's a lot of pressure on the jazz players! In particular, Hayward, as a star in charge, has to take on more responsibilities after losing his biggest helper.
Win or lose, this is the first game of the series. Both the thunder and the Jazz have some problems. The next two days, both sides will do some targeted adjustment and training according to the performance of this game.
In these two days, Anluo did nothing else except participate in the team's daily training. Even chatting with Tang Xiaoru will not be long. Westbrook told him to take a good rest and stay at his best to play.
On the 19th, the second game between thunder and jazz opened at the Chesapeake energy arena. That night, thunder boss Bennett and general manager Presti came to watch the game.
This game, Donovan or continued the starting lineup of the previous game. Westbrook, orladibo, Robertson, grant and Adams.
Although grant has a lot of problems, it has to be admitted that his performance is better than that of young sabonis.
As for why he didn't use Kanter to replace Adams, it was the defense. One commentator said of Kanter: "he can score. It's all star level on the offensive side, but it's scum on the defensive side Although this is a bit extreme, but there is some truth. On the contrary, it is more able to play his excellent offensive ability.
Of course, these two players are not the most criticized. The issue of Anluo and oladibo is the most heated topic.
Both can defend. One averaged 24 and did not take possession of the ball; the other averaged 16 and needed to hold the ball.
But a lot of things can't be seen on the surface. Many deep-seated problems can not be seen.
The Jazz will have to adjust the lineup. Fevos went to position four and Dior went back to position five. There was no change in the other three, Hayward in position three, Ingels in number two, and George Hill in number one.
Last game because thunder's own attack efficiency is low, gave the jazz the opportunity to win. To this game, thunder from the beginning played very strong.
Thunder is the first to beat the others. After the beginning, it plays a thunderbolt attack. In the jump ball, Adams easily beat Dior. After Westbrook catches the ball, he immediately rushes up, easily swipes past hill, who comes back from defense, and scores a layup.
Westbrook used his own speed to hit the jazz, an unsteadiness. A good start for thunder.
Subsequently, Westbrook and oladiebo shot shots one after another, Adams and grant had two air relay slam dunks, starting with a wave of 11:3. The Jazz hit only one goal in nearly four minutes of the game. The gap between the two sides quickly reached double digits.
After the first quarter, the Jazz were 18-29 behind, and the consequences of Gerber's absence finally began to show.
ANLO didn't play in the first quarter. Oladeibo did well in the first quarter and Oklahoma was always ahead. Donovan simply let him play the whole quarter, just replaced Westbrook with Christon.The second section, Anluo appeared. At the same time, Kant and young sabonis also played.
As soon as he came on stage, Anluo felt a different breath. The Jazz are ready to go. It looks like they're going to fight back! After all, it's the playoffs. No one will give up until the last minute.
Joe Johnson, who came on the bench, continued the good form of the first game. He hit shots in a row to help the Jazz make it 27-33.
However, ANLO came forward at this time. He scored two three-point goals in a row to stabilize the situation for thunder. Ingers is also a shooting point guard, but his defense is not as deterrent as the attack.
Since then, the Jazz's reserve lineup under the leadership of Joe Johnson, twice narrowed the gap to five points. However, in the last minute of this section, they failed to score under the strong defense of thunder. Thunder did not have any impact, even 4 points, 51:42 to end the first half.
At half-time, ANLO was resting in a chair in front of the wardrobe. He felt very tired in this quarter. For a long time, ANLO was entangled with Ingels and George Hill. The physical decline was quite severe.
This is where the rookie is not as good as the veteran! Players like Westbrook and collison know how to reasonably allocate their physical strength and maintain their fighting power as much as possible. And the rookies are mostly relying on their own physical conditions, rampant, leaving no room. When it comes to the critical moment, there is no successor.
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